Tippy Lynn
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http://www.the-dispatch.com/news/20170804/martens-jason-corbett-said-im-going-to-kill-her
"...He also said that he was instructed in "use of force" training.
Martens later said he had training with a baton, which he agreed could be used similarly to an aluminum bat. ..."
JMO but I think his LE/FBI background is going to backfire on him. What he describes as a donnybrook with this need for deadly force sounds a lot more like what a civilian father with no training might do, flailing about with a bat. I have never heard that any LE are trained to swing at the head - I believe that they are trained to swing the baton at the knee mostly to put the attacker down and then handcuff them. TM wants us to believe he cannot take a big man down? Please, LE does it all the time and they are taught many holds like twisting the wrist. If JC had MM in neck hold, the head is not a reasonable strike, but the knee or anywhere on the leg would be reasonable. It also strains credulity that he thought to take the bat with him based on sounds but did not feel alarmed enough to already dial 911 or have SM call. The complete failure to explain the bloody stone is a big problem and the jury handled it themselves wrapped in plastic and still stained with JC blood - I don't know what the defense plans to do about that without MM explaining her version.
Your post captured many of the same thoughts I have. However, I wouldn't have been able to write it out as well as you did - thanks!!!