[Non-Sequitur]

If not, it wasn't a mugging.

Merriam-Webster defines mugging as an assault usually with the intent to rob. Usually, but not always. Describing the actions of Brooks and Keitt as a mugging is accurate.

[GOPcapitalist]

Merriam-Webster defines mugging as an assault usually with the intent to rob.

...as always, Merriam-Webster - that great legal dictionary of case law definitions.