Acosta assaulted a female White House staffer on video and ABC News edited it out

Youtube ^ | November 7, 2018 | NBC News

[UnwashedPeasant]

Acosta assaulted a female White House staffer on video:

https://youtu.be/s1WkFpbHIpI?t=17

It was edited out by ABC:

https://youtu.be/mp4HPzM4PLM?t=11

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Stop with the dramatic Headlines!"

This was a sexual assault (by the modern definition). This was non-rape rape.

[TN4Bush]

If she had been smart she would have flopped and made a big deal out of it. I bet CNN would have had to pay her off.

[Fresh Wind]

Corey Lewandowski (accused of assaulting reporterette Michelle Fields)

[ican'tbelieveit]

Very good point.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Yeah, slo mo makes it look innocent. Why not super slo mo? How about ultra slo mo? Guess what? It didn’t HAPPEN in slo mo, it happened in real time.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Seriously?

[RedMonqey]

Nixon "assaults" Press Secretary Ron Ziegler

One of Nixon's many unindicted crimes, I suppose..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBIlIYrpxCM

[mewzilla]

Not assault, but it was battery. Using DC’s definition.

[Carriage Hill]

He grabs her and pulls her behind Trump.
Acosta didn’t assault anyone. He blocked her from grabbing the mic.
That said, I loathe, despise and hate CNN and Acosta, and am not defending him, but there is no assault on that video.

[Leep]

#me too...oh wait that something else.

I agree A_hole_Costa is a slug..he shouldn’t be charged with anything.
CNN should fire him!

[RedMonqey]

or offensive physical contact.

Like "grabbing a woman by their p*ssy"

That's "offensive physical contact"

Of course, women who "let' men grab their "hoohaa" is not a crime(yet) but keep pushing along this line that nudging, as Accosta(who is offensive anyway) did and you will make any kind of incidental contact a federal case.

It's ruining football so keep whining about "karate chops" and it's just this attitude that will lead to more bad laws, bad court decisions and less freedom for doing what Americans used to call "bad manners'

Sheeeesh!!

[TonytheTiger7777]

id have to agree, it was an unwanted touch. if the woman involved chose to file a complaint there’s enough video evidence to make it past a grand jury. also, the Secret Service could, and should in my opinion, press charges as a warning to others to never touch the staff in a hostile manner, ever.

[RedMonqey]

He pushed back on her arm. Technically, that’s assault

It is NOT!

Just point to a single case where a cop arrested anyone for this kind of incidental contact.

Sheesh, a person cannot move through a crowd without contact like this. Every bump and push would "technically" be an assault

Keep this up and a totalitarian government will "pick and choose" which laws they will enforce and their opposition will find themselves in jail(and say "goodbye to you 2nd amendment rights with an "assault" conviction)

third world dictatorships do this every day.

[RedMonqey]

id have to agree, it was an unwanted touch. if the woman involved chose to file a complaint there’s enough video evidence to make it past a grand jury.

Doesn't even pass the giggle test.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Doesn't even pass the giggle test.

Senate hearings have been held for less.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

OK... I’ll assume that you are simply ignorant and not a troll, so let me educate you. When Trump made the comment about grabbing women in the pu$$y it was to illustrate that there were always women hanging around rich and famous men who were ready and willing at all times. It wasn’t a comment about ALL women, it was a comment about the class of woman who did a certain thing. Because you are on FR and don’t know this basic thing proves that you are most likely a troll. Goodbye.

[RedMonqey]

Agree. There was no assault and I hate the little ba$tard.

I agree, Acosta is a smarmy little sh#t but calling this "assault" is ridiculous

[RedMonqey]

Examples please.

[MayflowerMadam]

“there was no assault”

What I saw — what I believe I say — was that he did put his hand on her. That’s assault, or battery, legally. (I always get those two confused.)

[Fresh Wind]

I didn’t say the events were comparable. I just answered your question.