The black guy has zero info on the situation, no knowledge of who is the aggressor, and the black kid is behind the asian kid. He physically cannot reach the black kid, so the only way he can separate them is by pulling the asian kid away.
Taking him to the floor was somewhat excessive with the knife removed from the equation, but it's hard to say whether he actually intended for them to both topple over or not. Either way, I don't think he did much of anything wrong.
I'm way more concerned about this:
The 17-year-old assailant is facing attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon charges.
That's not 'attempted' assault. It IS assault.
When we look at what was 'attempted', we get murder.
That black kid shouldn't be facing 'attempted assault'. He should be facing attempted murder.
The black guy has zero info on the situation, no knowledge of who is the aggressor, and the black kid is behind the asian kid. He physically cannot reach the black kid, so the only way he can separate them is by pulling the asian kid away.
Taking him to the floor was somewhat excessive with the knife removed from the equation, but it's hard to say whether he actually intended for them to both topple over or not. Either way, I don't think he did much of anything wrong.
I'm way more concerned about this:
That's not 'attempted' assault. It IS assault.
When we look at what was 'attempted', we get murder.
That black kid shouldn't be facing 'attempted assault'. He should be facing attempted murder.
Also the kid holding the camera is an accomplice.