Which one is guilty of assault?

[BmorePat87]

(07-13-2015, 06:17 PM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Duty to retreat only applies to the use of lethal force.

The defender cannot have started or have been the first aggressor in the incident.

Only a person who “was not at fault in creating the situation giving rise to the affray” may use self defense.

The danger perceived by the defender doesn't have to be actual. It's only required that he believe his safety is at peril.

The only question is, did camera guy act reasonably? In my estimation he did.

That's because grabbing the camera was not assault. It was a professional security guard doing his job after a man touched a woman.

You can have beef with the firing of the gun. I think we all do. I'm not sure how anyone can suggest that this man was acting "reasonably" when he started pummeling the man for escorting him out of this room. I guess that's why Skidmore was charged with assault and the guard wasn't.