Interesting. Are you not allowed to strike back in self-defense down under?
Hit me with an egg and I’ll hit you in the fact with a fist.
You are - and I would be very surprised if Anning is charged. He is lucky somebody held him back though, because if he had continued to respond, he would have likely crossed the threshold Australia allows for self defence. Fortunately he had a friend there who held him back (which is what a mate does in these circumstances in the Australian conception).
The situation is more complicated for the other men who restrained the boy - I can see a couple of them being in trouble because they got involved after the boy was effectively restrained.
The boy should also be charged, although he would likely get off with a police caution if he’s never done anything like this before (and personally I think that would be reasonable).
He came up behind the senator and then he got slapped. He wasn’t punched watch the tape..
Of course, that was when we actually loved our kids enough to say no and tell them to be quiet, go to their room, sit in the corner and never, ever allow them keys to the car!
Like I say to begin, it was back in the dark ages, before we give all kids trophies for showing up, then pay millions to get them into a school for which they do not qualify and are deluded into thinking that's the same as loving them!
If you see the video from the back of the Senator you see the kid slapped the egg open handed on the back of his head...the egg was just his excuse for slapping the head of the Senator...kid should have been arrested and charged with assaulting a Congressional Representative..... New Zealanders should be ashamed for taking the side of the arrogant obnoxious kid.
“Hit me with an egg and I’ll hit you in the fact with a fist.”
Damn straight!