Oklahoma man who shot woman for tearing down Nazi flag blames 'feared ANTIFA ...

Oklahoma man who shot woman for tearing down Nazi flag blames 'feared ANTIFA ...
Oklahoma man who shot woman for tearing down Nazi flag blames 'feared ANTIFA ...

A man who opened fire on an unarmed woman who tore down one of his Nazi flags has invoked the Stand Your Ground defense as he claims he feared an imminent attack from ANTIFA.

Alexander Feaster, 45, shot 26-year-old Kyndal McVey four times with his AR-15 as she ran away from his Hunter, Oklahoma, home after stealing his Nazi flag on a dare in the early hours of on June 28, 2020.

He was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and shooting with intent to kill.

In a civil proceeding waged by McVey seeking $75,000 toward medical bills, lost time and negligence.

But Feaster's lawyers argue that he had reasonable cause to fear for his life and property, and acted lawfully under Oklahoma's 'stand your ground' laws. 

Kyndal McVey

Alexander Feaster

Kyndal McVey (left) says she has been left with 'mental and physical pain and suffering' following the incident, which occurred outside Alexander Feaster's property in the small town of Hunter in June last year 

McVey was attending a party across the street from Feaster's home in the early hours of June 28, 2020 when she decided to cross the street and remove one of two Nazi flags she noticed out front of the residence

McVey was attending a party across the street from Feaster's home in the early hours of June 28, 2020 when she decided to cross the street and remove one of two Nazi flags she noticed out front of the residence

Oklahoma is one of 23 states that employ 'stand your ground' or 'make my day' laws allowing property owners to wage deadly force when they if they are on their own property, not committing an unlawful act at the time and 'reasonably believe it is necessary to [use deadly force] to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.'

What do Stand Your Ground laws really mean?

Oklahoma is one of 23 states that employ 'stand your ground' or 'make my day' laws allowing property owners to wage deadly force when they if they are on their own property. 

Stand your ground law makes it legal for a person to exert deadly force if; 

I) the person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself, or another, or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony; or

II) the person acts under a reasonable belief as to the necessity of force 

In most cases, self-defense only works as a criminal defense if a person has tried to get themselves out of danger and failed to first. It is known as a 'duty to retreat.' 

Stand Your Ground states differ because they do not impose a duty to retreat. 

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In a court motion, Feaster's legal team argued  that their client 'correctly thought that the men at the party were armed... and that

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