I dont know the particulars of this case, but if a person is violently attacking your vehicle with an instrument or a weapon, they are displaying a behavior that puts the other person at risk of injury.
Think of someone who grabs a tire iron or bat and smashes the window. Is it reasonable to assume that the person’s rage is going to just stop with the window?
I would have a hard time convicting.
One guy took out a knife and started slashing things. Sorry, I would fear for my life at that point and my survival instinct would kick in.
“Velez-Alvarez lived in Franklin Square, LI, and had no criminal record, according to cops.”
“Mosby lives in Midtown Manhattan, cops say. He has a number of prior arrests including one for robbery in the Bronx in 2017 in which he was accused of punching a man and stealing money from him. Most of the other arrests are sealed.”
The reporting on any situation in NYC involving the Amish is so bad that it is hard to say what actually happened. But one person in this situation had a long and violent criminal history starting when he was a child, the other who is dead and cannot defend his actions had no criminal history.