‘What about him beating on me?!’: Woman’s self-defense claim goes up in flames when she shoots boyfriend in the back, disposes of evidence, cops say

A Florida woman who allegedly shot her boyfriend to death was kicked out of her own court hearing Friday after she started yelling that she killed the man in self-defense, saying “he was beating my face!”

Ashanti Brown, 23, is accused of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of 26-year-old Ian Pleasant in Pensacola.

According to a courtroom report from the Pensacola News Journal, Brown was in court Friday for a probable cause arrest hearing…

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