Can’t speak for everywhere, but in Texas the threshold is that a reasonable person in your position would feel in danger of imminent bodily harm. You don’t have to wait to be attacked if you have reason to believe you are, in fact, going to be attacked.
Completely justified. You shouldn’t have to wait till someone actually punches you in the face to defend yourself. This was a threat to that defender, joke or not. He didn’t know it was a joke. Play stupid games… This is the stupidest prank I have seen going around recently, I hope they learned their lesson. Morons.
Maybe not in a court of law, but on almost any American street, including the one he was flash-snoozed on, yup.
Where I grew up, that threatening eye contact alone could earn one that kinda mule-maulin’.
Perfectly justified, and executed. Self defense is about perceiving a threat and quickly reacting by either escaping the situation or meeting it with force. Real situations- like this, leave no time to think. This man had no responsibility to wait and see if the idiot lunging at him was actually going to strike him. By then it’ve been too late and he would’ve been the one on the ground. #FAFO
Wtf are you talking about? Of COURSE it was justifiable. He didn’t know it was a prank until after the beating was done. You can’t pretend to hit someone and then be surprised when they take your lunch for it.
Turns out it doesn’t matter – being attacked from the blind side… if he’d waited for the fool to actually swing, he’d’ve been in a world of hurt. There’s video to prove a sudden, aggressive move and the reasonable person concept would (probably) protect him in court. I say probably, because the courts are funny like that.
The threat alone is enough to set a guy off, especially if he grew up around violence. You learn not to take chances once someone has made any indication that they’re a threat. I’m not saying it’s “right”, but it’s hard to hold it against him IMO. Play with fire, get burnt, as the saying goes. Extremely stupid prank, even by today’s standards.
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Perfect example of how to defend yourself. I would have reacted the same way.
Was that justifiable? He didn’t even swing at him.
Can’t speak for everywhere, but in Texas the threshold is that a reasonable person in your position would feel in danger of imminent bodily harm. You don’t have to wait to be attacked if you have reason to believe you are, in fact, going to be attacked.
Completely justified. You shouldn’t have to wait till someone actually punches you in the face to defend yourself. This was a threat to that defender, joke or not. He didn’t know it was a joke. Play stupid games… This is the stupidest prank I have seen going around recently, I hope they learned their lesson. Morons.
Maybe not in a court of law, but on almost any American street, including the one he was flash-snoozed on, yup.
Where I grew up, that threatening eye contact alone could earn one that kinda mule-maulin’.
Perfectly justified, and executed. Self defense is about perceiving a threat and quickly reacting by either escaping the situation or meeting it with force. Real situations- like this, leave no time to think. This man had no responsibility to wait and see if the idiot lunging at him was actually going to strike him. By then it’ve been too late and he would’ve been the one on the ground. #FAFO
Wtf are you talking about? Of COURSE it was justifiable. He didn’t know it was a prank until after the beating was done. You can’t pretend to hit someone and then be surprised when they take your lunch for it.
How does it go? Something about “play stupid games….”
dude, the initiator got-off EASY.
Turns out it doesn’t matter – being attacked from the blind side… if he’d waited for the fool to actually swing, he’d’ve been in a world of hurt. There’s video to prove a sudden, aggressive move and the reasonable person concept would (probably) protect him in court. I say probably, because the courts are funny like that.
All of his actions implied he was about to hit the other guy so yes it was. Would you wait to see if you were actually going to get hit???
Exactly. That’s like waiting for the bullets to hit you before you fire back. Drawing is enough to justify swift and decisive retaliation.
The threat alone is enough to set a guy off, especially if he grew up around violence. You learn not to take chances once someone has made any indication that they’re a threat. I’m not saying it’s “right”, but it’s hard to hold it against him IMO. Play with fire, get burnt, as the saying goes. Extremely stupid prank, even by today’s standards.
No… it wasn’t. That wasn’t self defense. It was assault.
Can’t say I agree with all the punches thrown after the idiot went down, but if you f$ck around, you’re bound to find out.
What did he honestly think was going to happen
Dude got rocked
He needed that rest, to think, nay dream, up a better life course.
Well at least that wheelchair is close.
Perhaps a tad excessive… but I’m still onboard with the prankstee’s response (is that even a word?). 🙂
Initially yes God call and great reaction, but then over kill perhaps.
Good God! That was brutal. This is why a street fight is nit advisable even if trained.