One of two men shot in Hermon home invasion dies
HERMON, Maine — Maine State Police have identified the two men who were shot — one of them fatally — during a home invasion Thursday morning in Hermon.

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“We can’t think within the mind of a person who is concerned about defending themselves,” he said. “Law enforcement uses that every day in our jobs.

“It could be as simple as the size of a person, [as in] they’re a much larger person than I,” he said. “They may have a club. They may have a bat they may be acting psychotic. Those are things that a person could use to make the decision about what type of force they think is necessary.”

Morton also was asked whether it matters if the intruder or attacker is armed.

“Not necessarily,” he said. “We can’t think with the mind of a person who is concerned about defending themselves. There are a lot of things that play into those factors. Law enforcement does that every day. That’s what’s in our use of force continuum.

“But those are the same parameters that a citizen can used to decide what necessary force is needed to protect themselves and their family,” he said.

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That article was a brutal assault on coherent thought.  Under most state laws, that article, itself, could have been shot.

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Break into my home, make no threatening movements; just stand there in the hallway and see what happens.

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Break into my home, make no threatening movements; just stand there in the hallway and see what happens.

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Attempt to Break into my home, make no threatening movements; just stand there in the hallway and see what happens.

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Break into my home, make no threatening movements; just stand there in the hallway and see what happens.

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Fixed to comply with Ohio's Castle Doctrine