Unwanted touching with pain is assault....these circumstances make it a b.s. assault not worth grown ups wasting their time and life energy over.
But by the letter of the law it is an assault (simple battery I think they call it in that jurisdiction)
As a police officer i would have tried very hard to c9nvince both parties to grow up and get over it.....not every disagreement or bad behavior requires govt intervention.
That's normally true, but here there is a media feeding frenzy and a crazy bitch making an accusation on mighty thin content. Good luck for the PD, Florida law has such a broad definition of simple battery, that the case can be forward to the people who make the big bucks.
Smart move on the part of the PD, it is out of the line of fire, and the press and the accuser are not exhausted just yet. The cops can go about their usual business, one less thorn in their side. The prosecutor is going to be accused (again) of being partisan, the only thing we don't know yet is how much ink the press is going to spill against him. It's a given that the press is going to double down on the accusation against Lewandowski.
“But by the letter of the law it is an assault (simple battery I think they call it in that jurisdiction)”
With that argument, by the letter of the law Michelle Fields assaulted Trump twice.
I guess by the letter of the law, Trump has a case against Fields. She grabbed him and he jerked his arm away from her. Fields violated the security envelop around Trump. According to some reports, the USSS had warned her before to not violate the space.
As a police officer i would have tried very hard to c9nvince both parties to grow up and get over it.....not every disagreement or bad behavior requires govt intervention.
I don't ascribe any blame to Corey. There was no way it could have been settled at the scene by a police officer since Trump was headed towards the exit with his security detail and campaign entourage. The contact was minimal at best if you look at the video. Fields didn't lose stride and she showed no emotion as she continued walking and looking down at her phone.
As I am sure you are well aware, Fields has a history of such allegations. She relishes in provoking such "incidents" and revels being in the limelight. This is all a tempest in a teapot that was amplified by Trump's opponents and the MSM. They called for the firing of Corey and bought off on the Field's allegations before the videos ever came out.
Fields is now threatening a civil suit for defamation that will go nowhere. She has a screw loose.