I agree that driving a Taxi is far more dangerous, statistically.
But, I can easily understand where an abortionist, being confronted by 3 abortion protesters could easily feel threatened. And, legally - he has done nothing wrong. So, I can see no reason why he should be prohibited from being allowed to defend himself.
If you were protesting Obama, and 3 SEIU thugs approached you, each bearing a Pro-Obama sign - would you feel threatened? I would.
Now, we do not know ‘how’ he was approached. Were they smiling and using the love of Christ to persuade him to stop or change his way of earning a living? Or, were they shouting at him angrily? Were they brandishing their signs as a weapon, or were they simply holding them?
Bottom line, he is allowed to defend himself; and he opted to do so, and he was arrested for it. Now, we’ll see how the courts see this.
There’s a world of difference between some old ladies in sweaters or a nuns habit and maybe some older men speaking quietly and a similar sized group of union workers who are being extremely confrontational and have a history of violence (biting off a finger at one rally , slamming a wheelchair bound person into the ground at another) ... What gets lost is the tremendous violence that is intentionally ignored by the press ... you have probably not heard of Mike Fuoss ,, he was murdered just about a year ago for holding a sign.