Well in that case a non secret service person should be allowed to break the law!
If there was a problem, it was Secret Service’s job to deal with it, not Lewandowski. He had no legal right to lay hands on her.
But I’m moving the thread away from the actual topic. I’ll let people get back to pretending Cruz was actually calling for Trump’s murder.
Title XLVI, Chapter 776.012 governs “Use of force in defense of person”:
A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other’s imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if:
(1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony; or
(2) Under those circumstances permitted pursuant to s. 776.013. . . . 776.013 (3) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
Since we've established that SHE was assaulting Trump (twice asked not to touch him, unwanted touch, same standard Corey is charged with), then.....
"A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other’s imminent use of unlawful force."