I don't know enough about either one of those to comment. He says it happened, I wasn't there.
My point is if someone was a dick and pushed you.. and was moving on.. pushing them and then punching them is NOT self-defense. It's also not having your property stolen from you.
Being shoved by someone is a physical attack. You have the right to protect yourself.
You can not run after them and then physically assault them when there is no longer a threat.
This one by the only accounts available to us is certainly in the gray area. Charges can still be dropped.
This is no joke. There were two flights before the game from OAK to LAX that fans were on before the game. When we were in the terminal walking to our gate some whiner fan guy traveling by himself poked me as he was passing us to our gate and said "no one likes a Rams fan". And kept hustling on by as a coward does. Like pushing someone when their back is towards you. This guy would have been our flight. My wife looking at the pictures thinks this was the same guy. I am not as certain but there are some similarities as I remember. There is a similar incident to us minding our own business from another whiner fan at the stadium before the game. Like a drive by. So weird.
The whole story sucks but that fan base as a whole are just a bunch of emotional bullies when it comes to their team. I am not surprised that someone had had enough. Terrible consequences for both these guys. Only one brought this on to both of them IMO.
GO RAMS!!!