Although there was always tension between the zoot-suiters and the sailors, the real trouble started the night of May 30, when a group of military men walked past a group of zoot-suiters in downtown Los Angeles. One sailor, Joe Dacy Coleman, decided to grab the arm of one of the zoot-suiters. This decision proved to be seriously flawed. The zoot-suiters knocked Coleman unconscious and attacked the other sailors with rocks, bottles and fists.

Which of the following best describes the actions of Joe Darcy Coleman