Yes, I probably would have been charged with assault but I would expect with the number of witnesses it would have been trumped by the good samaritan act. As it was when my kids called me outside to see what was happening all I had to do was loudly tell them to bring me the phone and I made the 911 call right there within earshot of what was going on. The guy took off pretty quickly then and thank goodness for the cordless phone so I was able to make a show of calling. If not for my kids being there I would have gone over and knocked the shit out of the asshole & held him for the cops.