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To: silverleaf; driftdiver
I could go to Disney World next week and charge hundreds of people with battery for touching me as they work their way through a crowd

You could, but you'd lose because of the age-old doctrine of implied consent. People impliedly consent to a reasonable degree of touching by entering crowds, etc. (What is "reasonable" is up to a jury, if the case gets that far.) Plainly the reporter did not consent to a yank on her arm, if (it's disputed) that occurred.

Full disclosure: in my opinion, Lewandowski did yank her arm and lie about it, and technically that's misdemeanor battery, but I would never prosecute such a playground level offense even if the evidence were clearer.

86 posted on 03/30/2016 1:17:19 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: pogo101

you can see on the tape the entire encounter, her body language, her balance, and that no “yank” occurred, at least by CL. Brushing past her in 2 seconds was so casual he didn’t even connect to the fact it had occurred


89 posted on 03/30/2016 1:24:40 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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