A few thoughts.
1) Thanks Steven @heysi for using your inner Jedi to keep the peace. You did a great thing stepping up and getting a nonviolent outcome out of the situation.
2) Mental health issues are real and pose a threat to the people who suffer and those around them, yet these services are often something that goes quickly from any municipal budget leaving ordinary people and (especially) law enforcement officers to deal with them. This is at best unfair to everyone involved and at worst fatal to the public or the sufferer.
3) What the heck! To the dude who almost gets kicked then goes right back to being on his phone! Wouldn’t you want to keep your head up and have a little situational awareness!?! I mean come on man; if that chair catches you unawares that second time, that’s a little on you dude.
Thank you Eric for also pointing out that the man appears to have mental health issues and that we should invest in helping our fellow man. Obviously this situation was putting people at risk so it was not the time and place to intervene, but we need more of our first responders professionals with expertise i. This area to be able to get folks like this the help the need.