"Was she supposed to let him beat her again?" Defense attorney Michael Sterling says in his closing arguments that Quaneesha Johnson took actions to protect herself and her kids when law enforcement wouldn't intervene. Johnson is accused of shooting and killing Demonte Smith in a domestic dispute. She claims it was self-defense.
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