A teacher at Parkland High was hailed as a hero for charging unarmed at the shooter. The cop who was armed was called a coward for hiding outside.
In reality. The cop was cautious. He should have gone in. But he wanted backup and had no idea on the number of shooters.
The point is if you feel that it is death either way. Why not attack? Churchill wrote that when the invasion by the Germans looked probable he was preparing a campaign to advise the people that. “You can always take one with you.”
If you are going to die anyway. Or believe you are. Why not attack? You are no less dead. And you might get lucky and take one with you.
The teacher charged at the shooter because the shooter had already demonstrated a willingness and capacity to kill others with his weapon.
Completely different scenario than Aubrey's dumb ass.
I think you have a really hard time making the case that Aubrey felt he would be attacked under those circumstances. He was, in fact, the aggressor.
You have NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER but pure speculation, that Aubrey believed he was in any danger. His actions appear to be born out of pure rage, rather than fear.
At the point where he attacked fat white dude, none of those dudes had done anything to make Aubrey, or a reasonable person for that matter, feel that he was in danger.
In fact, you can hear them say on the video, "hey, we want to talk to you." That alone does not sound like a threat of violence.
"We want to talk to you" followed by an attack by Aubrey = Aubrey is the aggressor.
That is, of course, unless you are now saying that the mere possession of a firearm justifies an attack by others.