It was good he slapped back, but would have been better if he had used a closed fist.
Then he should have taken out the guy who was shoving him up against the low level deck and causing him to trip.
I don’t know. I looked at it as an older man understanding that this was a child he was looking at. If you have kids, you aren’t going to swing with a closed fist (well, unless you’re an abuser OR you’re defending yourself). He smacked the boy like any father would smack his kid.
BRAVO! Anning didn’t start with the closed fists until he little boy started coming at him with punches.