“He could’ve pushed her away again, or restrained her...”
If he’d restrained her, what do you suppose the rest of the “pack” would have been doing to him while he did so, and how could he have responded to them while he was restraining her?
I must’ve watched the video at least 20 times now. It can look different each time, depending on the lens we’re looking through.
Now more info is available, and I’ve changed my mind: He shouldn’t have been pushing and shoving anyone, either.
If the woman and child were only bystanders and he was alone, not protecting anyone, why was he pushing anyone around? Did something happen before the video begins?
Watching the video again: The kids are standing around talking with each other loudly. They’re not even looking at him until he appears and yells, “Break it up!” and starts pushing people around. Then the kids react by yelling back, laughing, running away screaming, or (as the one girl does) pushing him from behind. He shoves her when she’s arguing with him. She jumps back up and comes at him, and he punches her.
Someone posted at the link that he has some problems resulting from head trauma and may have been startled by the noise of the kids (?). If that info is true, the video looks very different.
Right now, the only thing we know for sure is this: that 11yo is one tough little girl. :-0