.... It's justified. I told y'all she prolly called him an N word and that was the breaking point. She repeatedly assaulted and dehumanized him. NO ONE AROUND THEM DID ANYTHING. They saw him getting attacked repeatedly and no one jumped in.

He clearly reached a breaking point and had enough of the situation. He held back throwing the punch from the looks of things so there wasn't an attempt to harm her but diffuse the situation.

TL;DR Everyone was not trained to walk away from repeated attacks and then dehumanizing language. Additionally, it is impossible to gauge someone's perceived strength in any situation in order to protect yourself.

Put yourself in his situation and for the love of everything don't punch and put knees in the stomach of random men you don't know. Everyone not walking away because of the patriarchy and taking the L...