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I can't find the actual video, but the descriptions I can find of the video will make it difficult to rely on self defense and stand your ground, per the language of the law in Wyoming.

She could be considered by a judge or jury the "initial aggressor" by approaching the three men, which negates stand your ground in WY. Or the guys could be considered the initial aggressors as they were yelling slurs at her. The video descriptions say she was walking toward them with her hand near her hip as if ready to pull a weapon, but the descriptions also say you can't see where she was keeping the gun (it was found afterward in her bag... after she told the police she pulled a knife not a gun, and no knife was found).

The descriptions I've read (again, I haven't found the video yet) say that the dude pushed her down and to the side as part of his walking forward motion and continued walking forward away from her. After she hit the ground she pulled her gun, while they were walking away from her.

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It was a three on one situation while she was on the ground. That's scary shit for anyone.

She didn't shoot the gun at all, just pulled it to let it be known that the situation has changed and she is afraid enough to use it. She testified she pointed the gun at him briefly, so that is almost as dangerous as actually pulling the trigger.

You would think that a news story about filing complaints related to biased decisions would, you know, report about those decisions. At no point in the article do they say what calls Red Star is complaining about. I have no idea if this is a valid complaint or not.

EDIT: The only video I can see is of an absolutely clear penalty. What I'm reading on other places say both: 1. the red card was deserved, as were the penalties, if a bit soft on the third penalty. 2. This referee has an extensive history of wildly bad ref performances.

Murder is not defined as the intentional killing of an innocent person, by either Merriam Webster, Wikipedia, American Heritage Dictionary, or Dictionary.com

Not one definition anywhere has the word "innocent" in it.

It is defined in one place as "The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life." How we define "justification" is important. I would call most war, "recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life."

Other places has it as "unlawful or unjustified killing of a person."

I think it might be that his greatness comes from a combination of always being in the right place, making the right runs, dribbling around people, seeing the entire field, making inch perfect shots... pretty much everything. But when you take all of that out of the picture and just make it about kicking the ball, he can't use his other skills.