disparity of force allows a victim to use equal or greater force in instances where they are attacked in surprise/ambush, as well as if the are attacked by a group even if the group may not have what are considered lethal weapons.
remember it.
there are other reasons for disparity of force, if the victim is elderly, injured, disabled, if lose glasses are legally blind, if a smaller person, etc.
Though I would hate to suggest it....but since we already have hate-crimes....might it be possible to have ambush-crimes?
I’ll probably get into trouble for suggesting it. But the reality is that we have a zoo-like atmosphere brewing, and the caged animals are mostly free and behaving in a fashion that is unacceptable.
This is exactly what enables this "game." The attackers select weaker people, inflicting attrition to the "enemy race" without much risk to themselves. Younger and healthier people can arm themselves (where they are allowed to,) but this will not protect the weak ones, unless they have bodyguards. Even then, since bodyguards can only react, the gangs can be everywhere without fear, looking for a suitable victim.
The only politically acceptable option today is to cede the ground to gangs and escape the infested cities. The territory cannot be reclaimed when politicians fall all over themselves to protect the killers. The ghetto culture cannot be eradicated peacefully because there is nothing one can civilly offer to a thug to convince him to mend his ways. Decades of distribution of free money to "disadvantaged" people resulted in formation of an antisocial class that has no place in any decent society. The worst members of that class cannot be reformed, short of a miracle, because they were born into this vicious mess and "raised" by the street as ruthless predators. You'd have a better luck with taming an adult wolf.