bump!
After hearing him describe the fight I asked what she would call that. She said "a mess!" I laughed and said 'but what would you call it in legal terms?' It took her a minute to find the words but she finally said "defensive."
I told her about 0bama saying "If I had a son he would look like Trayvon" before Zimmerman was even charged. She shook her head.
An 85 yr old woman with 2nd stage Alzheimer's who has never been in a fight in her life and likely never fired anything but a BB gun gets it. That's how simple and straightforward this is.