However, he was surrounded by several people and was hit, choked, and knocked into the water. He was beat up afterwards. They were in better shape, he was outnumbered like 10-1, and he had a heart condition. The fact that he stabbed five people indicates there were 5 people at close range.
The person killed had a blood alcohol level of .21 and the others injured were also legally drunk. The "victim's" friend admitted taunting Miu and said "when you hit a girl, there are consequences." Miu indicated he pushed away a girl, and then they started punching him.
It seem like he used the knife in self defense. That if he had not used it, he could have been badly beat up, and maybe killed from the blows, drowned, or died of a heart attack or stroke.
The prosecution asked them to consider lesser charges. I don't see how it could possibly be murder 1. It wasn't premeditated. Hard to see how it is even manslaughter. It isn't exactly how I would have handled the situation, but it seems like clear self defense.
I don't know why they prosecuted that way. Not a lawyer, but I don't see how a magistrate found probably cause. A grand jury usually does what the prosecutor wants, but don't see how they indicted him for murder 1. Maybe the prosecutor wanted to make sure Miu pleaded not guilty and there a big TV case to promote his political career, etc. Or maybe he was under political pressure or pressure from the kids' parents.
My concept of self-defense is extremely broad, Extremely.
Sounds like self-defense. Looks like self-defense. Smells like self-defense.
Not only would I vote for acquittal, I’d encourage him to sue every one of those lying witnesses.
Yes, he lied to the cops after the fact about the knife and them having knives, etc. But that was after the facts of what actually happened. Every one of those witnesses were a living testimony to what is wrong with our country. A bunch of drunken hooligans, who will lie, arrogant young fools who are nauseating in every way.
He, a hard working humble likeable successful man, an immigrant from Romania, who speaks better Romanian than English......who was beat, assaulted, called a child molestor and was obviously, very confused and afraid.
At 54 if you’re in good shape, you have the strength and experience to outthink a threat. Too bad these punks didn’t understand that.
A commenter on Dr. Todd Grande’s YouTube video regarding this incident summed it up pretty nicely describing the incident as, “When social media people skills meet real life.”
Granted the young crowd was likely intoxicated, but the defendant has a rather unbelievable story claiming he was in the water looking for a lost cellphone. A cellphone lost in a river would be not worth retrieving and almost impossible to find unless you knew exactly where it was dropped. He also would have been hampered in his search by the crowd floating in the river and could have waited until they passed. The young people concluded that he was in the river to ogle the young girls and likely over reacted to his presence getting into a shoving match with the defendant. They were unarmed and he could have retreated, but he chose to use his knife. Definitely manslaughter.
If I am ever outnumbered 10:1... Damn right I’m taking as many of them with me as I can.
Mui was looking for a dropped cell phone... Kids thought he was being a creeper and in their drunkeness decided to pick on what looked like easy victim.
17 with a BAC of .21? That’s heavy lifting even for an old Marine like me...
Self Defense. Go home... Put your life back together.