[jjsheridan5]

Law should have a realm in which reasonable discretion triumphs over technicalities. This was not "assault" in any meaningful sense of the word. To portray it as such, is splitting hairs, and an attempt to mislead. This, at least what we have seen of it, is not "assault" to any rational person. If it were, then assault is a "crime" occurring with such frequency that the concept of "crime" loses any meaning.

I couldn't care less what you did as a journalist. Journalists should not have any special rights. If a non-journalist would get physically restrained, or even justifiably knocked on their butt, then a similarly acting journalist should expect the same. If you, as a journalist, were acting like a self-important blowhard (I am not saying you were, but hypothetically) and a political staff needed you to move your self-righteous person from where you were making a pain of yourself, then you should consider yourself lucky that nobody decided to teach you a little lesson in civility. (Once again, you may have been perfectly innocent in your behavior, I wasn't there -- but many journalists do act like self-righteous blowhards with an inflated sense of self-worth, and they deserve the occasional physical response).

If a minor grab of the arm constitutes "assault", grow a pair.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I couldn't care less what you did as a journalist.

You know something, just communicate with someone else. This conversation is over. You are obviously full of yourself and I'm not going down to your level. Get lost.