A few things.
1. Bey dude was obviously looking to trigger Tariq.
2. Tariq may have snitched on himself, admitting to hitting him on video
3. Not a good look for both but I get it. They are street cats, at some point or another as kids or adults, black males have been involved in some street-ish mess. .
All that being said, TB may have done that on purpose to provoke Tariq and Tariq may have unknowingly played himself into having to pay a lawsuit. I would hate to see that happen to him. A decent lawyer is going to say Tariq 'felt threatened' but his video doesn't seem to say that. Still, with their history, its going to be hard for TB to say "Its a public place and I have a right to go there' and then try to have that fly as its the 2nd time he's tried to 'confront' Tariq (the reparations rally being the first).
Hopefully, it doesn't come out to that. TB comes off looking for clout with all the Tariq ish. He has a right to critique anyone but the fact remains he started talking slick ish first. Tariq should be above it all but he is self proclaimed prince of pettiness. I get it.
Not gonna give either props for their respective actions. It's not a good look for black empowerment either way. TB is doing too much with the low key stalking, seemingly clout chasing. Hopefully someone tells Tariq dude is not worth it. Both on vastly different levels of public notoriety. Don't punch down when you are in that space.