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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Not a legal answer but Jeff's point is certainly valid....it probably depends on the jurisdiction.
However, many cases I've observed turn from self-defense once the other party is going away from you and you seek re-engagement.
This incident in this video stopped being self-defense about 30 seconds into the video when the referee pushed through someone standing in his way to go after someone.
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I am not sure what stopped or did not stop, words were said and if you say certain things that are considered threatening, you might still be able to defend yourself at that point. But again, there were no charges filed at the official, so someone is not thinking they should have stopped what they were doing. It does not matter what we say at this point, this would be up to the State's Attorney in that jurisdiction to decide what laws were violated.
Peace