self-defense
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Other recent instances in which ICE and Border Patrol agents claimed they used force in self-defense have come under withering scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times
“They are already trying to spin this as an act of self-defense,” Frey said.
From Salon
Charter, that prohibits the use of force by one sovereign country against another, except in specific cases of self-defense.
From Salon
American forces responded with “overwhelming force and self-defense,” he said.
The gym offers group fitness classes for women mixing strength training and martial arts; and it holds self-defense seminars.
From Los Angeles Times
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