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Brian Williams, a Flint, Michigan, pizza deliveryman, spent the night in jail on May 9 after be shot one of three men who were attempting to rob him. The 49-year-old Williams was exiting his vehicle to make a delivery when the men began attacking him; one hit Williams in the back of the head with a wrench. Williams suffered what his lawyer Michael Manley later described in an interview with the Flint Journal as "a savage beating."
The attackers reportedly demanded money, but Williams instead pulled a gun and began shooting. He hit one of the men, 24-year-old Corneilus Gainer, who ran a short distance before collapsing and dying. Though he was attacked, Williams spent the night in jail.
Police Sergeant Jeff Mabry admitted that "on average, I would say we have a robbery of a delivery guy about every month. Usually they get mugged; sometimes they lose their vehicles or their pizzas. Sometimes they get hurt." Yet Williams spent the night in jail.
The county sheriff, Robert Pickell, said, "Flint's rated as the third most violent in the country. Not everyone who works here went to college and has a nice safe job. There are people who have to make a living delivering pizzas and driving cabs, and they have a right to defend themselves." Yet Williams spent the night in jail.
Michigan has a law that states, ...