Originally Posted by Courtney Mil:8035643
In any event, six soldiers do not have the right to inflict violence on one just because they don't like his views. As BEgs remarked, rather disproportionate.
According to the article in the NYT (which is basically all that any commentators here have to go on) there's a bit more to it than just disliking his (allegedly racist) views Courntney.
The off duty cop allegedly stabbed two of them first, which in my opinion, puts an entirely different complexion on a open and closed case of assault.