Hmmm...not what I saw, he was first shoved from behind - seems to be the same young girl that then got up in his face saying something. His response was a *warning*, to get away from him by giving a firm push, this should have been enough of a warning but the child then ran at him with fists in the air.
I don’t believe the girl was 11, if so that is sad in itself. If he felt threatened, which I believe he had every right to be, he had every right to defend against a charging attacker - I don’t care who it is.
But it sure is fun watching some of these people duck and dodge all that. As if juvenile can break the law and assault people yet they expect people to take it with no response.
> he had every right to defend against a charging attacker - I don’t care who it is <
Agreed. The problem is that a jury might consider a hard punch to be an excessive response.
Suppose that the guy had chosen to defend himself by pulling a gun, and shooting his attacker. Every jury in the country would have convicted him.
So what about that hard punch? Was it an excessive response? It doesn’t matter what you or I think. It only matters what a jury will think. And with that kid sitting in the courtroom all bandaged up, I think that the jury will vote to convict.