I saw a man initially step back, and then pause and side step. I don’t know what the thug was thinking, but what ran through my mind was, “he’s sizing up the situation and thinking how to regain the initiative to attack the man again.”
And if I were the man on the ground, and that thought ran through my mind, I would have shot the thug.
Whatever, he didn’t make a now move to attack. And his wife was still there in danger from the gunman. I saw him backoff. Dress it up however you want. It’s a bad shoot, and it hurts our cause.
He broke every rule in the book when armed.
He went out looking for trouble when armed.
Started trouble over a petty misdemeanor.
Broke the long established social rule of arguing with a man’s wife.
Then escalated a misdemeanor battery into deadly force after his drawing the pistol stopped the action.
He’s headed to prison.
He was backing up to get a running kick at the mans head? turned around and suddenly saw the gun?