Charged for using mace

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Charged for using mace

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Sure would like to know the rest of this story. it seems there was a disparity of force and she used the mace to get everyone to stop. It was used in defense of herself or others (daughter) when under threat of serious injury. There must be something missing from this story cause I'm not understanding why she was charged.

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A mother was arrested for allegedly macing a group of people that were fighting her daughter.
While Rankins and the mother of the other juvenile were talking, their daughters began to fight in the street. The other juvenile’s mother tried to separate the two and then became part of the fight, resulting in several other people joining in.

It was reported that Rankins located a can of mace on the ground and started spraying to get everyone off of her daughter.
After further investigation, officers arrested Rankins for three counts of Malicious Assault by Acid/Explosive/Fire, two counts of Assault, and three counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.
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They probably through everyone under the bus and charged everybody with something to let the courts decide what should stick.
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Just found that mace laying on the ground, eh? Uh-huh. :roll:

I doubt anyone in this incident can legitimately claim clean hands.
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Re: Charged for using mace

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sodbuster95 wrote:Just found that mace laying on the ground, eh? Uh-huh. :roll:
Yeah that caught my eye too, no pun intended.

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