“Sounds like the Dad wrote a check with his mouth that his butt couldn’t cash. While I agree that the assault was unwarranted, the first order of business was to get his family to safety, not start an argument with the thugs. Trying to be a “hero” in front of his kid almost cost him his life.”
I dunno, say your 12 year old daughter has her behind grabbed by a pair of thugs, wouldn’t you yell at them to get their hands off her? The two then called their buds over and only then went after the father (this is usually how pack animals work anyway). I didn’t get the impression at all that dad was going after the two.
My only take on it is this guy was trying to be a protective father. That’s what good dads do.
That was my impression as well. The father didn't start a fight with a gang, he just yelled at two guys when one of them groped his 12 year old daughter's butt. I don't know if I would have had the restraint to only yell at them.
If someone groped my daughter's butt in the middle of a public amusement park, it would never occur to me to stop and think, "Gee, I'd better not say anything or this guy might call a bunch of his friends on his cell phone."