[IChing]

“County police officers arrested him in 1987 on a charge of assault and battery, and he was convicted in 1991 of possession of a bludgeon.

“Ten years passed before he was arrested twice in 2001 on contempt charges. He would face several similar charges occasionally during the next decade until his last arrest in 2012.

“He also had convictions from 2008 for driving under suspension and having an open alcohol container in his car.”

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150406/PC16/150409558/1177/north-charleston-police-say-officer-who-fatally-shot-man-pulled-him-over-because-of-brake-light

If I was a full-time, paid reporter, not an opinion columnist with space limits, I might write articles as long as that one.

[FredZarguna]

You might also write more accurately, if you consider an "accusation" of assault and battery nothing more than that.

I believe you once committed assault and battery yourself.

Oh, sorry! That was somebody else.

But now -- by your standard -- you have a "history of violence." Because you've been incorrectly accused of it.

[Shimmer1]

Oh ok, kill him then. /s