Q: If a disabled man gets forcibly removed from his home and then beat and choked, can I defend him?
My disabled neighbor got pulled out of his home and then beat and choked by his daughters boyfriends dad.
I heard the noise and thought it was my sister getting beat so I ran over and opened the fence and saw the disabled man being choked and turning blue. I asked the aggressor to stop and let him go. He didn't. So I used reasonable force and hit the man. He still wouldn't let go. I asked him once more and when he didn't let go, I hit him one more time and he finally let go.
Was I justified?
EDIT : The police were called. And the aggressor pressed a battery charge on me because he had everyone in the home lie and say the disabled man did not live there. We have all the proof we need including videos and statements from neighbors and the landlady to prove otherwise.
A:
And after you saw this man committing a horrible crime you didn't report it to the police. Unbelievable!
So next time when you are not around he is free to do it again
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