Hello J, after 31.5 years in law enforcement, let me analyze the scenario as "told" in the press release. Apparently these two "young" "ladies" initiated the interaction..the discussion became "heated," vulgarity was used...the minor "lady" spits on the man...
You were not there, I was not there...but if these fine young ladies initiated the confrontation...shame on "THEM."  You "assume" that the male suspect here was "the bully," but this positioning stems from ignorance on your part in not having dealt with "entitled" females and their personality-type.  If "calling people names and hitting people" are your definition of a bully, then with that in mind, there is a form of bully behavior on both sides...legally speaking, the ladies confrontation with the man during his Constitutionally permitted protest, then spitting on the man is a form of assault that should have landed her in jail...and the context of the story suggests it is told from the "ladies" perspective.

Rick