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"I was defending myself," says Sumpter, when asked his thoughts on his case. Sumpter was attacked by 3 teens while at work, and managed to stab one of the attackers with his knife, which led to Sumpter's arrest. Unlike "Stand Your Ground" states like Florida, Connecticut disallows lethal force if you are capable of escaping. Given the circumstances of dealing with teens, and being attacked by multiple individuals, the judgement seems like an injustice, but it was argued that the use of a knife could be considered lethal force and also a key detail is that Sumpter left the Dunkin Donuts and approached the attackers, which worked against his case according to the law. Sumpter's 18 month sentence comes with 3 years of probation where some are calling this sentence absolutely cruel and unjustified (including myself).
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Sumpter was working at a Norwalk, Connecticut Dunkin Donuts and attacked, 'jumped', by three teens in October of 2017, and all for defending himself, Sumpter is now a 1st-degree felon for "assaulting" someone who attacked him. In my personal opinion, obviously, this is completely unjust and the law was completely wrong in dealing with this particular case, regardless if Sumpter did go outside, no one is justified in attacking you unjustly. This is another example where criminal justice is completely broken in the United States. Making self defense like this illegal should be abolished!
