The moral of the story is don’t break up fights. If two or more people want to kill each other. Stay out of their way. The Police will be more than happy to bust your ass. The time to do a good has went the way of the Do Do bird. Never forget: No good deed goes unpunished. this man just learned that the hard way.
The thing with that is sometimes the action involves a thug against an innocent.
Still, as you note, the eventual outcome follows the maxim, "no good deed goes unpunished."
The police and the local government DA are the enemy, folks. It is just as simple as that.
The female victim could have been packing heat except she's in California where politicians and leftist voters insist that victims be unarmed.
Another lesson is don’t ride public transportation.
Do we see Queen Nancy on the bus? Does Jeff Bezos ride the subway?
For years, NYC residents were pilloried by many for their jaded attitudes as they callously walked by scenes of crimes in progress.
Now you know why.
People have learned the hard way to mind their own business and as a result, the rest of us are on our own.