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Originally Posted by BoomerSooner
That's a pretty crazy story. At first I was thinking gang violence type thing, but when you added that the kid's mother was invovled, I'm thinking what kind of gang is this? I'm suprised they didn't go after the umpire for calling 911.
I also thought of how such an attack could go down with just one car load of people. Even if they singled out 2-3 players that broke up the fight, what team is going to watch 2 or 3 of their fellow players take a beat down. I can see why they wouldn't have wanted to use their bats with potential legal concerns, but shear numbers should have helped. Although if I see a knife, I'm starting with a distance defense (putting some space in between me and the knife) followed by a distant attack (throwing softballs at the knife wielder), and finally if all else fails Batter Up!
This sounds like a scary situation.
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If the bats were legal, who cares?
Deadly force is authorized. When defending a life, there are no legal concerns. A knife is a deadly weapon, and any response in kind is justified as long as it is only a response and continued action after a successful defense does not occur. That's where the police often get themselves into trouble. Once the person is down and disarmed, you don't continue to beat them.
Police may have been a bit shortsighted on the original call. The girl is a minor. They probably could have removed her from the scene and held her until a guardian/parent showed up.