To: shelterguy; coaster123
I don't have time to go through all his videos again, but Massad Ayoob — who I trust knows the law, at least in New Hampshire — said IIRC that brandishing was a fairly big deal and depending on the circumstances could land you in a lot of hot water. I don't think it's something one should do in response to an obnoxious person yelling at you.
Now, if he advanced, or tried to make physical contact, that's another matter.
30 posted on
01/09/2020 4:58:12 PM PST by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
To: Steely Tom
Now, if he advanced, or tried to make physical contact, that's another matter. - - - - - -
It's right there in the excerpt:
The man threatened to assault the Trump supporter if he did not remove his hat, and then tried to knock it off his head
36 posted on
01/09/2020 5:02:23 PM PST by
tomkat
To: Steely Tom
Soooo... trying to come at you knocking your hat off your head is not advancing? Huh?
57 posted on
01/09/2020 7:19:25 PM PST by
DrewsMum
To: Steely Tom
“Now, if he advanced, or tried to make physical contact, that’s another matter.”
From the article:
“The man threatened to assault the Trump supporter if he did not remove his hat, and then tried to knock it off his head.”
BTW - it is called Assault and Battery. The verbal threats are assault, and if he did make contact with a blow that would be battery.
Here’s one definition:
Assault
At Common Law, an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact.
An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm.
69 posted on
01/09/2020 9:42:09 PM PST by
21twelve
(!)
To: Steely Tom
The man threatened to assault the Trump supporter if he did not remove his hat, and then tried to knock it off his head.Good enough? Granted, the other guy didn't stick around to dispute this account.
77 posted on
01/10/2020 9:06:34 AM PST by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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