Originally Posted by
achoo
So you're condoning felony assault and battery because it's "street rules"?
Gotcha.
If you provoke someone, you get in trouble. That's how people are. A guy from my high school was in a situation to be beaten by 10 guys. Guys from our class asked and he said he had provoked one of them. We decided to step in and "save" him, but told him the next time HE provokes someone, we'll just let it go - even if 100 guys want to beat him. Is 10 to one fair? No. Legal? No. Is it justified? No. But did he ask for trouble by provoking? Yes - so let him reap what he saw.
The guy with the camera was clueless: first speeding up, then braking and swerving to the left. Did it look like intentional provocation to the BMX guy? It might have. We just see a short part of the video from the handlebars point of view. So it's hard to say who's really right or wrong. Assault can sometimes be morally justified IMO. Some people deserve it. Courts in my country are very slow and the poor can't really have justice - you need good, expensive lawyers, money for taxes etc.