“As much as I don’t like Romney, he should’ve laid him out.”
If what this guy says is correct, and I understand there are videos, then Romney assaulted him...
I understand that many here in FR have Romney Derangement Syndrome, but if putting a hand on somebody's shoulder to get their attention that they are doing something illegal and dangerous to other passengers equals 'assault' in your mind, then you have been sufficiently wussified by the American Left to pass the liberal wussy test.
It depends on the kind of touch Romney made first. No court will sustain an assault charge for a moderate touch on the shoulder to get someone’s attention, particularly when the reason for it was to call attention to a safety rule violation. But if Romney whomped the guy harder than reasonably necessary, then it’s assault (and, I must admit, possibly deserved!).
Sorry...but your knowledge of the law is incorrect. Merely touching someone is not an assuatlt...in fact it’s not even a battery. For your education and edification:
Assault: An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm...Generally, the essential elements of assault consist of an act intended to cause an apprehension of harmful or offensive contact that causes apprehension of such contact in the victim.
Battery: An intentional unpermitted act causing harmful or offensive contact with the “person” of another. The following elements must be proven to establish a case for battery: (1) an act by a defendant; (2) an intent to cause harmful or offensive contact on the part of the defendant; and (3) harmful or offensive contact to the plaintiff.