Self-Defense and the Duty to Retreat in MN

        Was the self-defense claim doomed in the  Clifford case when he failed to retreat  to avoid the conflict with Vander Lee? The  best defense  for Sgt. Clifford  would have been  to simply walk  away and put an end to  the conflict.         Minnesota law  authorizes the use  of a reasonable amount of force to resist  "an [...]