You have literally 0 idea what Tyrone's intentions were or what extent he was going to go.
There is literally 0 way of telling if Tyrone was going to pull a gun or a knife or break the kids neck. YOU need to stop ASSUMING that this guy is harmless. Self defense training / weapons are a last resort in a fight for your life.
Your mentality is going to get you killed in the adult world. Whether you like it or not, you can't afford to go to war with every pack of muggers that threatens you on the street. The best thing to do in this scenario is to assume the worst, because that's going to save your life.
Tyrones intentions was to steal an ipod from some kid by intimidating him.
If Tyrone had the intentions to harm the kid over the ipod he wouldve had him in a headlock or knife pointed at him if he had a knife, which didnt happen.
my mentality is not going to get me killed, because i know my limitations. if my life is in any real danger you can bet your ass ill play smart and do what im told, but not when its something like a black guy 'mugging' me in broad daylight like a dumbass. like ive said, its not like he was going to die that day, worse that couldve happened it he wouldve got chased a bit until the apes gave up.