in 52 years I have yet to actually encounter one myself. I've seen teenagers (girls) go at it big time. Again, I'm not saying he was right to hit her but to say NEVER hit a woman...is wrong as well. Times have changed..
On top of that, (I don't know) but depending on how Mixon was raised to deal with this crap has a huge impact. I've seen it first hand. Does that justify his punch..no way. BOTH he and the girl need to be held accountable for their actions...obviously the severity of both actions differs then so should the punishment. Whether he should have been kicked out of school...?...who knows. If a regular student did that I'm sure they wouldn't be kicked out..but def prob would have gone to jail for assault.
I just have a hard time calling her a "hero" as in the OP and now she is suing him.