Carrying a camera is not a passivist pasttime. Mike Tyson, the 43-year-old former heavyweight boxing champion, and freelance photographer, Tony Echeverria, made citizens' arrests of each other following a confrontation on Wednesday afternoon at Los Angeles International Airport with each man claiming the other struck him. Tyson, having stopped at LAX while traveling from Europe to Las Vegas with his wife and 10-month old son, felt the shutterbug had refused to comply with airport officials who had asked him to leave the family alone. A push here, a shove there, a trip, a stumble, a fall, a cut over one eye... The city attorney is still deciding whether to file criminal charges, claiming the case remains in "investigation mode." On probation after pleading guilty in Arizona to cocaine possession and driving under the influence in 2007, Tyson could be sent to jail if he's found in violation of the judgment. Claiming self-defense, Iron Mike said that Echeverria, in full papparazzi pursuit of pictures, acted over-aggressively. Given his own personal history, which includes accusations of domestic violence and rape, along with a very public biting of Evander Holyfield's ear, Tyson -- of all people -- should know a thing or two about over-aggression.
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