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Conviction overturned for Detroit mother who defended herself with unloaded gun
Read full article: Conviction overturned for Detroit mother who defended herself with unloaded gunDETROIT - Michigan's court of appeals has reversed the convictions of a Detroit mother who stood her ground and pointed an unloaded weapon at a woman who had rammed her car. The woman hit Ra's car, which Ra's 2-year-old daughter was in at the time. Ra, to ward off further attack, said she pulled her licensed, unloaded firearm to get the woman to back off. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office charged her with assault and felony firearm. He felt it, I felt it, my body felt it.With the convictions vacated its now up to the Wayne County Prosecutors Office to decide whether Ra will be retried.