How would you describe a street fight?

Street fighting is hand-to-hand combat in public places, between individuals or groups of people. The venue is usually a public place (e.g. a street) and the fight sometimes results in serious injury or occasionally even death.

What happens if you hit first in a fight?

While it might not be the most common of defenses to assault and battery charges, striking a person before they hit you is a valid legal defense. The man who struck the person who assumed the combative position reasonably believed that he was in danger of violence, and thus acted in self-defense by striking first.

What is the first rule of a street fight?

Originally Answered: What are the basic rules of street fighting? Let the other person make the first move. It’s legal, and it opens up your own legality to defend yourself and give someone a good pounding.

How long does a real fight last?

2) Fights Rarely Last More Than A Minute. The average length of all fights was forty seven seconds. Fights that happened exclusively between two participants lasted an average of forty eight seconds. Fights involving three or more participants lasted an average of forty five seconds.

What’s the charge for punching someone?

Felony » Is punching someone a felony? Punching a person is a battery under California law (per Penal Code 242) and it could be charged as a felony if the defendant: punched a public servant, as in a police officer, firefighter, or EMT, or. punched a person and it caused great bodily injury.

How many times do you have to be hit before it’s self defense?

If someone has initiated non consensual violence against you, you act until they are no longer a threat. If you punch them once, and they go down and out, you stop punching. It’s no longer self defence if they’re no longer a threat. If you throw four or five and they’re still coming, they’re still a threat.