[Sam Cree]

"If someone walked up to you and blew cigarette smoke, hot breath, or anything else in your face, would you feel that person was out of line?"

Yeah, but do you go to jail for doing those things now?

"there is probable cause to hold him for an assault on a public servant, which is a third-degree felony,"

Wondering if that means assaulting a bureaucrat is considered by the law more serious than assaulting an ordinary citizen.

Agreed that we may not have heard both sides. But as an asthmatic albuterol user, I am having a hard time seeing where the deadly assault comes in. I actually don't think those side effects are very common.

Also wondering why the kid is not out on bail.

[Amelia]

Wondering if that means assaulting a bureaucrat is considered by the law more serious than assaulting an ordinary citizen.

At least in my state, there are special penalties for assaulting a teacher now. That's because there were several instances of assault against a teacher, and the state was beginning to lose teachers in part for that reason.

I am having a hard time seeing where the deadly assault comes in.

The only person who said the student was charged with "deadly" assault was his uncle. The prosecutor said they hadn't decided what to charge the student with.

The student's actions do appear to be assault, if the story is correct.

• Law.
  1. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another.
  2. The act or an instance of unlawfully threatening or attempting to injure another.

I'm wondering if the teacher had a stress reaction to the situation, rather than an allergic reaction to the medication as the boy's family said.

Also wondering why the kid is not out on bail.

Apparently some bureaucratic snafu, related to the criminal justice system, not the school, in which the hearing couldn't be held before the 3 day weekend.