Police in Cincinnati say it's self defense but is prosecuted for murder anyway

[M-Quigley]

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-bet-you ... -facebook/

An Ohio woman is behind bars for allegedly shooting two women during an argument earlier this summer. And, she appears to have posted two separate videos documenting some of the violence on that warm night in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati.

Akira Fletcher, 23, stands accused of one count of aggravated murder, according to Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office records.

On Aug. 31, the defendant was arrested. The day before that, she posted her side of the story, with visual receipts, on Facebook.

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/ha ... to-gunfire

This link claims she may have a solid case of self defense but I couldn't get it to work on my end. That doesn't mean it won't work for you though.

https://local12.com/news/local/self-def ... our-ground

[Brian D.]

I mentioned this incident in the "Vape shop owner..." thread a couple days ago. The NRA Rifleman magazine wrote it up in their "The Armed Citizen" column, which usually reports on lawful self defense news stories.

[Brian D.]

An Ohio woman is behind bars for allegedly shooting two women during an argument earlier this summer. And, she appears to have posted two separate videos documenting some of the violence on that warm night in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati.

Akira Fletcher, 23, stands accused of one count of aggravated murder, according to Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office records.

This link claims she may have a solid case of self defense but I couldn't get it to work on my end. That doesn't mean it won't work for you though.

The Cincinnati Police officer who told me that these 3 women had some previous history of not playing well together may have been correct

[M-Quigley]

I mentioned this incident in the "Vape shop owner..." thread a couple days ago. The NRA Rifleman magazine wrote it up in their "The Armed Citizen" column, which usually reports on lawful self defense news stories.

Sorry, didn't see that reply to that thread until now. Still, I guess it now deserves a thread of it's own, since you said

"The incident was written up in the current issue of the NRA American Rifleman, using only the original news story, so from that it sounded like a legit case of self defense. Maybe not."

Using the original news story it sounds like a legit case of self defense to me too, but then initial news stories leave out a lot of important information when it comes to someone being charged or not. Also, things can pop up after the event, like new evidence or the shooter's past or previous words can come up. Or the prosecutor could possibly just be a malicious prosecutor.

Not accusing this prosecutor in this case, I just know I've seen it occasionally happen in the past. Sometimes they even admit it, when one DA specifically said to the effect (can't recall exact words from years ago) "this indictment sends a message that vigilante justice will not be tolerated."
It's not vigilantism to be defending yourself from a crime. The defendant spent a lot of time in jail awaiting the trial and verdict, because he was innocent and refused to be railroaded by the system and take a plea deal. He eventually won, at great expense to the defense and the taxpayers for prosecuting that case, but he went thru hell to get there.

[Brian D.]

Also, things can pop up after the event, like new evidence or the shooter's past or previous words can come up. Or the prosecutor could possibly just be a malicious prosecutor.

This prosecutor, Melissa Powers, was chosen to replace Joe Deters when he got appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court. November will be her first election campaign. I'm sure she wants to be seen as hard nosed, to contrast against her opponent in the race, who also talks the talk but probably won't walk the walk if elected.

As to the rock throwers and shooter, further "investigation" ( me asking cops I know personally in that district), these three ladies wouldn't get into MENSA if they pooled their IQs.