re: Off-duty cop shot and killed a non-verbal, intellectually disabled man in a Cali Costco

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So you can shoot someone you argue with? If an autistic person pushes you, shoot them?

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The law in Cali is similar to most states. The shooter needs to be reasonable apprehension of death or great harm to himself or another. The fact that the victim is autistic will be irrelevant unless it can be shown that the shooter knew or should have known that fact.

There is no possible way to determine whether this was justified on just the information in the article posted.