B. Justin’s father knows him better than anyone else, so if he believes his son is not capable of starting a fight, then Max probably started it.
C. Max started the fight, not Justin.
D. If Max had been mean to Justin in line, that may have started the fight.
E. Justin’s father said that his son “would never lay a finger on anyone unless he was really provoked” and that it was “really not in his nature” to “stir up trouble.”