She might have thrown first punch... but he grabs her first. She's literally trying to get him off of her.
Per witnesses, what happened was (and it's sad because of course there is no audio in a loud-as-hell bar so we can't hear for ourselves) he started pushing past her and she said something to him, he got mad at her mouthing off and grabbed her, she tried to get free and kneed him in the chest (hard to see on video) and then swatted at him... and then we all see him step back, load up, and destroy her face with a right cross.
I watched the video and that is not what I see.
0:05 - Both try to get a spot at the bar
0:06 - Girl gets her spot at the bar
0:07-0:09 - Girl leans back and says something. The way her head bobbles it's obvious she is drunk. She continues to chirp.
0:12 - She slides down to the left and throws her ass out. He grabs the bar to get a hold of something and pull himself in.
0:14 - She turns around and says something to him.
0:15 - She clenches her fist and raises her arm. Which is an act of aggression and continues to chirp.
0:18 - He grabs her wrist and pushes it away from him and towards her chest. They continue to chip for about 5 seconds.
0:22 - She punches him in the face with her free arm.
0:23 - He hits her back.
0:25 - Her useless girlfriends come and console her.
0:27 - Useless girlfriend #3 tells the bartender a one sided story of how her friend was just assaulted.
The only logical conclusion to this video is as follows:
> The bar should be fined for serving underage kids.
> Both of these two are idiots for being in this situation.
> The guy, from my understanding of the law, acted in self defense.
Now I know there might be some SJW out there who should say you should never hit a girl and I agree with this. But ask yourself this.
Just what do you think would have happened to the girl if she clocked the guy with a ring on her and and messed up his vision for life? Even if he just stood there and took the punch, which is what most men would do...nothing would happen to her.
Two wrongs don't make a right but I personally feel sorry for a woman who hits a man. I don't agree with it. I would never do it. But I don't feel sorry for them when something like this happens.
Lastly, it's really poor form to order drinks in the service well. Rookies.