Story here. A man was spit upon and his life threatened by a female at a restaurant when her brat almost ran into a door he was exiting. He defended himself but was sentenced to 6 months in prison for hitting her after she first assaulted him. Excerpt:

'CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- The defense took the stand Friday in the trial against a man accused of beating a woman at a Morrow Cracker Barrel restaurant.

Army reservist Tasha Hill said Troy Dale West hit, kicked and screamed racial slurs at her after she asked him to be careful and not let the door hit her daughter. West originally faced numerous charges including, aggravated assault and false imprisonment, but a judge sentenced him to serve six months after listening to testimony.

West told the jury he never wanted to harm Hill and never hit her with a closed fist. He testified he only hit Hill with his open hand after she spat on him and kept kicking him.

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He said Hill threatened him and then spit on him.

“She says, ‘I'm a U.S. Military soldier. I'll kill you,’” West said.

Though Hill denies the spitting, Cracker barrel customers said they saw it happen.

“I saw her spit in his face and he wiped it out and by the time he wiped it out, he hit her,” said witness Leon Oswalt.

The defense also called two teenagers to the stand who said Hill threatened to kill them after she accused them of breaking into her home.

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Prosecutor Jason Green asked West if it’s OK to hit a woman. While West admitted it’s normally not OK he said, “There is occasion that it could be OK.”

West pleaded to four misdemeanors and was sentenced to 36 months, with six months to serve.'