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    They had legitimate reason to believe they were in danger. Not assault at all. Unlikely to be assault.

    Edit: Guess I shouldn’t say “definitely not assault”. Don’t have all the information here, so can’t come to any definitive conclusions.

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        A man, in a hoodie, that speeds up his step when they try to walk away from him faster, at 2am. Context matters a lot here.

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        It’s more than just “a man within range of vision”. Obviously we don’t have the full story here, but even in the text, there are specific behaviors that would, arguably, make a reasonable person suspect they were in imminent danger. Depending on the state, that is enough to trigger self-defense definition.

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        The entire greentext is about OP going out of their way to look as threatening as possible while still having plausible deniability. Like… Your position goes against the OPs intent.