Her intent didn’t matter. Her car was pointed directly at him at the instant it sped forward. That was the perception … his perception … when he believed his life was in danger. Any reasonable man in his situation could have believed that. And that is the test for using lethal force … the test that Byrd failed.
Byrd was not under attack so that rule does not apply. Had Ashli and the others all come through the door he would not have been molested. As proof of that, the three or four capital employees who were in the stairwell when the protesters swarmed into that space were completely unharmed. In fact, you can’t even hear them being verbally assaulted in the video taken on that side of the locked doors. There was no threat of physical violence let alone to anyone’s life.
And the “home is your castle” rule is completely inappropriate outside the home. Inside your home, you do not need to have an imminent threat to justify shooting an intruder. Anywhere else, including in a place where you are being paid to police it, the imminent threat is required. Bryd did not reside there, he was not being invaded.
That’s laughable (“line of defense”) and it’s not what the law says. If it were, protesters on the streets could be shot down if they cross a police line.
It was aimed in a way to hit him. The running away to evade arrest may have been her goal, but he was right there in front of her. She was willing to hit him to get away.