Mom faces charges for taking matters into her own hands

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I won't release his son is buying -- from a local man.

So what is a mother to do Sheri Gavin took matters into her.

Own hands.

Can actually my mother's instinct took over.

And I -- -- I had no idea what to do because we asked father.

Please keep his -- away for month.

Which obviously did not can -- -- So I went to talk to him.

He got out of his car I got out of -- -- -- he knew I was and why I was there he said yes.

He went to his.

Friend's car that he was trying.

To get something now and that's -- -- turned around and got the baseball at my cape.

Because I was scared he.

Started coming towards me.

So I mean the misjudgment and hitting him quiet but they thought I asked him to stay away from my son.

-- never come anywhere near him so he started to come.

Towards me again and that is when I hit him for the second time.

Joseph Jackson is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Arthur -- -- former prosecutor and Fox News legal analyst alright guys -- it takes a baseball bat to our son's friend.

I was just gonna say she's charged with assault is that justice -- thought -- -- get a trophy I mean.

Look she'd she'd win the kid's father first -- heroin dealers Boller and confronted him and he closed the door on her face he didn't address the issue with his -- Then she sees the the other would you -- pursuing our own child.

In in a restaurant where she's working towards our writers not she follows -- I don't believe she was devastated them I think she was just hate.

Get away from my -- among.

-- did you get out of the car with that.

-- right at the guy yeah.

You know I think she's very brave how ever we can't resort -- -- self help Iran are what we have to be a society of laws and as a result of that what message does it send first its aluminum bats that it's wooden bats that have gone -- tonight we can't -- don't.

The criminal justice system fails what did she handed over the text messages about hair when supplier to the police and the recent nothing about it -- -- -- -- he's chasing their her son.

And then the police chief -- the nerve to say we can't turn our backs on an assault -- That's what this is.

The kind of case judges who went to try you get jury nullification.

I even though she's guilty the -- I don't dish -- you -- -- -- it.

Every right to assault because the system basically felt that that we're all -- that's right vigilantes let's go -- let's get anybody we disagree with this once Ellington that's what it's wanted to engage -- -- -- -- can't do what lot of susceptible.

Well see what happens in the yet but I think -- -- great.

-- that she was justified anyway attorney.

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