Reply #35: They both engaged in domestic violence and both should be charged.

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According to the police report, she attacked him physically repeatedly and then he attacked her.

Whether either or both committed a felony is a matter of prosecutorial determination at this point, but it's a valid defense point that she attacked him first, because it alters the nature of the assault he committed against her from unprovoked to self defense.

This case is best understood if the participants were viewed as either two men or two women. The fact that one is male and one is female doesn't alter the nature of the event: two people engaged in domestic violence. One started it, while the other used excessive force. Both should be charged with domestic violence.