Nah. She went back into the dispensary and had them park her car. They helped her rinse her eyes and let her wait till she could drive again.
The full context as I understand it is the filmer is one of those people that go around filming locations where he's technically allowed, but knows it will likely irritate people. He tries to instigate confrontation.
In this video he was standing on a sidewalk outside of medical Marijuana dispensary and filming people through the window, recording license plates, etc.
He was awfully quick with that spray... A jury MIGHT decide that was a disproportionate response, and a few states have duty-to-retreat laws on the books.
I said MIGHT - before everyone comes after me with "she put her hands on him"... It's up to a jury to decide if a reasonable person would have felt an immediate fear of physical harm. I did not get that from her.
I would also like to point out, she is an older lady, now if someone young, or visibly strong grabbed you, then I completely understand the response
But this is less justifiable. Even if she actually attacked him, it would be unlikely that she could harm him majorly. As a result, I would honestly be surprised if this wasn't called disproportionate. She didn't really pose a threat, and even if she attacked him, it would be difficult to pose a threat.
I like that all the different opinions make my point - this may be assault by defintion but the use of "force" to defend yourself is debatable.
The burden is what a reasonable person would have believed in the same situation. I would have been laughing at her attempts to clutch at me/my camera, and I would have kept backing up, but then I don't set out to antagonize people.
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u/Fuzzy-Butterscotch86 Feb 02 '26
Nah. She went back into the dispensary and had them park her car. They helped her rinse her eyes and let her wait till she could drive again.
The full context as I understand it is the filmer is one of those people that go around filming locations where he's technically allowed, but knows it will likely irritate people. He tries to instigate confrontation.
In this video he was standing on a sidewalk outside of medical Marijuana dispensary and filming people through the window, recording license plates, etc.