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It's all shits and giggles until anon ends up in a 'man vs bear spray' scenario
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That's called assault and it is a crime.
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No it isn't when there's probable cause. And "dude started running after me" is enough for self defense to kick in. Actually it is probably enough to charge the dude.
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OP was just walking. Where are you getting this running idea from?
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Literally says "speeds up my steps as well".
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Speed walking and running are distinctly different things.
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Intentionally causing a person to fear harm is assault. Greentext is committing assault. It might not be possible to convict for it, but it's still assault.
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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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Legitimate reason as in "a man is in the range of visibility"?
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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.
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