Yeah, I'd Ask for a Jury Trial

Dad arrested, charged after beating man, 20, he found in his 14-year-old daughter's room

Ain't a jury in the South that would convict the man. The little bastard got off light and daughter wouldn't have been sitting comfortably for a week at least. Last, I suspect if he had wanted to hit him, he would have. It's called "putting the fear of God into him."