Well for what it’s worth, this was simple shoplifting and the situation was escalated by the store owner.
I’m not suggesting shoplifting is also not a crime, but it isn’t violent. And when somebody is chasing and grappling you it is a natural reaction to fight back.
So basically it seems like here the violence was perpetrated by the white guy, if we are taking the facts at face value.
The younger Allyn Gibson tried to take a picture of the shoplifter as evidence and he was violently attacked. I don't know where you got the idea that he was the aggressor, but that simply is not the case.
I’m not suggesting shoplifting is also not a crime, but it isn’t violent. And when somebody is chasing and grappling you it is a natural reaction to fight back.
So basically it seems like here the violence was perpetrated by the white guy, if we are taking the facts at face value.