As someone who was picked on in high school and got into many fights, it just seems ridiculous that this is allowed to go unpunished. Bullying and fighting is just something that happens. The bullied either learn to fight back or get better at running away. "Standing your ground" doesn't mean murdering a guy for hitting you one time. If I were the bullies' friends I'd want to kill this guy, y'know, for "justice" and all that.