What’s The REAL Scoop Behind ‘Gun Violence’ Statistics? Indianapolis Discovers Self-Defense Plays A Big Role

By James England

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — In the throes of a year marked in Indianapolis as dangerously violent, Indianapolis Metro Police are under scrutiny for how they are counting gun-related deaths. In 2016, according to IMPD statistics, 161 homicides have occurred within the city limits — 144 of those are categorized as murder.

One self-defense attorney stated for FOX News 59 Indianapolis that though the numbers are high, how they are tallied can be deceiving.

David Hennessey, an attorney-at-law, alleges that the numbers do not account for cases where the culprit, who may have been involved in illegal actions, was actually justified in his own self-defense.

“I think they absolutely charge some cases of murder that may be lesser crimes,” said Hennessy. “I think they charge murder when there is clear evidence of self-defense, should not be charged, should not go to trial and then when they lose, they still call it a murder.”

A case is related from back in September when two men were shot and killed in an alleyway after they attempted to rob a drug dealer at gunpoint. While the drug dealer was in the wrong, obviously, for being in possession of illegal drugs with the intent to sell, he was …Read the Rest

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