1. Deciding that something is a bad idea after the fact, or at least in the middle of it, doesn't make it all better. When he grabbed the cell phone and played tug-of-war, he became guilty of assault.
2. Sounds like a pretty weak punishment. I would agree that man did not deserve jail time. But a bit of a fine wouldn't have been a bad idea. I'm not sure he understands that he did anything wrong.
I don't know if playing tug of war with a phone constitutes assault, but they old guy took the punishment. I think he knew what he did was wrong.
He doesn't understand that he did anything wrong because he didn't do anything wrong, Bluebird.