The last time about 2020 I was called for jury duty, the judge asked if anyone believed in jury nullification. No one in the large pool answered that they did, but some likely did believe in it. I do, but I do not argue with judges. I was not picked to serve on a jury and the last questionnaires I responded that due to age and hearing impairment I should be excused and I have not received a summons in years since.
For those that didn't get it... the point is that we're not free anymore and we don't have rights anymore because whatever decision we make there will be negative consequences. Anybody could win the LEO argument at the scene and not get arrested and still lose everything in civil court when whoever it is that cant leave well enough alone decides to sue. Nobody "wins". We all lose. The only fight you truly win is the one you see coming and avoid. Put the OODA loop into high gear whenever you are in public
Eating crow is certainly something that most of us have done. Florida law seems to me to be very specific when applying force and using it to right a wrong on a retreating enemy is not sanctioned.
You are discussing moral justification vs legality. The mitigating circumstances might elicit a lesser sentence from the judge, but a not guilty verdict seems less likely. It the blow was delivered with an object from the shopping cart, the charged might be more serious. Just the act of falling when unconscious can result in serious head trauma.
The officer has grounds to arrest the idiot for assault. If the idiot resists arrest-well!!!!
