Gay Activist ARRESTED for FELONY ASSAULT

the Jerome Berbiar case, in which a well-known activist was arrested and charged for 7 felonies 2 MONTHS AFTER THE INCIDENT.Jerome and a male friend were sitting parked in a car on Davisidero near Chestnut. Two women said they were looking for parking on 31 March when they noticed them. The women pulled up adjacent in fron of the car, but after several minutes realised that Berbiar was not leaving the space. Another vehicle behind them then got ready to leave, they said, and they reversed their car until they were parallel with Berbiar's so they could back into the other space.Berbiar then began honking his horn and screaming that he was blocked in. One of the women told him theyt had been waiting for him to leave, asked him why he had been waiting for him to leave, asked him why he had been 'fucking around', and told him he needed to wait.Berbiar then opened his car door and began slamming it into the side of the woman's vehicle while threatening them to let him out. He then retrieved The Club from his car and began beating the doors and windows of the women's vehicle. Finally he bagan to ram his vehicle into the women's car until they moved it out of his way.Community members were quick to rally to Berbiar's defense pointing out that the police investigation only included one side of the story and that the multiple felonies did not seem to fit the alleged crime especially since this was his first offence.What if he had a phobia about being blocked in or caged in, a phobia he may not even be aware he had? Would this be mitigating circumstances?How about if he had feared for his life, not knowing if being blocked in was part of an attempt to hijack him to cause harm because he is gay? Perhaps he had once had a friend who was so assaulted, or had seen it in a film. Would this be a defence?