So someone who has committed a crime and who is, by his very nature, in the continued process of committing a crime, cannot be called a “criminal” until he is found guilty?
Call him an “illegal alien” or a “wetback” and be done with it.
What gets me about this is the fact the plaintiff failed to show up for the trial. The story speculates it’s because the issue of the assault was a straw dog for attacking a SDMM member. But the easiest answer is that the plaintiff knew he could be arrested for assault should he appear. So, why bother? And the judge went along with it.
Yet the guy is supposed to get $2500 because he was called a ‘criminal’ in an email. Dumb, dumb, dumb.