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which might have gone on for an extended time for all we know before the recording started. But we'll never know.

What you posit is what continues to happen over and over with respect to handling bullies - i.e., blaming a victim defending himself against a bully, as being just as guilty as the bully. And thus the bully continues to bully because of the continued promotion of that type of false equivalency.

The fact that Hector recorded the guy until the time the cops came may have been to establish that Michael was the initial aggressor and here was the proof (and to keep him on the scene).

Sometimes POC get sick and fucking tired of white people telling them how to talk, how to dress, how to love and worship, and where they can live, eat, and walk.