u/Direct-Stop-1027

Need advice on what’s legal here / whether this could be considered self defense.

This happened during Baltimore rush hour traffic. I was driving and admittedly cut someone off by accident in heavy traffic. The other driver got extremely aggressive, sped around me, and intentionally rammed into my car. We both pulled over after. I am driving a Benz suv he was in Toyota truck.

I approached his car to get his insurance/info after the crash, but as soon as he got out he immediately got in my face yelling. Our noses were basically touching. I pushed him back to create space, but then he immediately came back toward me and got even closer again like he wanted to fight, so I punched him on the side of the head kinda hard. My passenger said he heard the noise. Medical did come later no one reported injuries. I was worried he might die.

After the punch my passenger grabbed him in a bear hug and held his arms against the hood of the car because he was still trying to get back to me and swinging around. He didn’t want me to get punched. During that struggle I put my thumb near/in his eye area trying to get him off my passenger.

Legally, how is something like this usually viewed in Maryland? And at what point does defending yourself become assault? He also said he had a dash cam to the

Need advice on what’s legal here / whether this could be considered self defense.

This happened during Baltimore rush hour traffic. I was driving and admittedly cut someone off by accident in heavy traffic. The other driver got extremely aggressive, sped around me, and intentionally rammed into my car. We both pulled over after. I am driving a Benz suv he was in Toyota truck.

I approached his car to get his insurance/info after the crash, but as soon as he got out he immediately got in my face yelling. Our noses were basically touching. I pushed him back to create space, but then he immediately came back toward me and got even closer again like he wanted to fight, so I punched him on the side of the head kinda hard. My passenger said he heard the noise. Medical did come later no one reported injuries. I was worried he might die.

After the punch my passenger grabbed him in a bear hug and held his arms against the hood of the car because he was still trying to get back to me and swinging around. He didn’t want me to get punched. During that struggle I put my thumb near/in his eye area trying to get him off my passenger.

Legally, how is something like this usually viewed in Maryland? And at what point does defending yourself become assault? He also said he had a dash cam to the

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