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Forensic Experts: It Was Not George Zimmerman Crying for Help

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Nyet3/31/2012 6:18:33 pm PDT

re: #215 Targetpractice

He could be detained, he couldn’t be arrested. And he couldn’t be detained very long, else a lawyer would have argued that it counted as “criminal prosecution” when the cops had yet to disprove his claim of “self-defense.”

I read this:

(1) A person who uses force as permitted in s. 776.012, s. 776.013, or s. 776.031 is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the person against whom force was used is a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(14), who was acting in the performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself in accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person was a law enforcement officer. As used in this subsection, the term “criminal prosecution” includes arresting, detaining in custody, and charging or prosecuting the defendant.

as saying he could not be even detained. However, IANAL, so I will gladly be corrected by arguments.