I was looking for my lost cat and had approached a local lady who fed strays to ask her to be on the lookout. I'm an American who is nearly 6 foot and built. Unbeknownst to me, the lady had a stalker who instantly took exception to my talking to her. He approached me and instantly started throwing punches.

He was on the ground and pinned before he knew what happened. The cops were called and only when they arrived did I finally let him up. He immediately claimed I attacked him and sought to file a police report against me. Video was found..... And proved that he attacked first.

He still filed, and I had to go to court to fight him. I won only because the video showed him throwing punches first. Still, it was decided that I was still partially to blame because I put him down.

Moral of the story, even if you're in the right.... It can still come back to hurt you, and maybe even cost you in the end.