It's very difficult to believe that West assaulted Sterns without provocation.
Only a liberal news-person would assume that West was the provocateur and guilty. Read the article. You saying that West committed assault is your opinion based on the accuser's story and doesn't take into account West's version. Who ya gonna believe? I believe West.
So, West yanked the mask off the guys face because he told West to put on a mask? That's not enough "provocation" to justify anything.