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It's all shits and giggles until anon ends up in a 'man vs bear spray' scenario
That's called assault and it is a crime.
Intentionally causing a person to fear harm is assault. Greentext is committing assault. It might not be possible to convict for it, but it's still assault.
No it isn't when there's probable cause. And "dude started running after me" is enough for self defense to kick in. Actually it is probably enough to charge the dude.
OP was just walking. Where are you getting this running idea from?
Literally says "speeds up my steps as well".
Speed walking and running are distinctly different things.
They had legitimate reason to believe they were in danger. Not assault at all.
Legitimate reason as in "a man is in the range of visibility"?
A man, in a hoodie, that speeds up his step when they try to walk away from him faster, at 2am. Context matters a lot here.
It’s more than just “a man within range of vision”. Obviously we don’t have the full story here, but even in the text, there are specific behaviors that would, arguably, make a reasonable person suspect they were in imminent danger. Depending on the state, that is enough to trigger self-defense definition.