I just finished reading a story about a mentally ill man who was blocking traffic in Manhattan.

He appeared to be unarmed, but when the cops came, he reached into his pocket, and they shot at him. They missed, hitting innocent bystanders.

Now the DA is charging him with felony assault because he's the reason that the cops had to fire their weapons, hitting the bystanders, so it's his fault they got shot (according to the DA).