[lentulusgracchus]

Unless she put her hands on him first, does it matter?

Yeah, it does.

• Assault does not require "hands-on". The person defending himself against assault need only perceive the threat, e.g. of a person's walking up to him with a levelled shotgun.
  
  
• This is Texas. The grand jury will likely refuse to indict if a perfect idiot insists on displaying gross, insulting, and terminally stupid bad manners and gets his/her/its ass beat.

[Sue Perkick]

And yet he is the one charged with aggravated assault and evading and resisting arrest. Doesn’t sound like someone defending themselves. I still think there’s more to this story. I’m waiting for actual evidence either way. But if it was ONLY because he was “mad” or because she’s a lesbian he was way out of line & deserves to be punished.