Posted on 07/03/2020 6:20:06 PM PDT by simpson96
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (CNN) — An attempt to social distance in an elevator led to a confrontation between two elderly men.
Surveillance video shows 72-year-old Nachum Gross appearing to push another senior who was trying to hop on the elevator.
Now, Gross is charged with battery on a person 65 or older; his attorney says he was simply defending himself.
"In this world of COVID... every human being right now is a loaded weapon," said Michael Grieco, the attorney representing Gross. "There was no unlawful touching. He was completely within his rights to defend himself and defend his wife."
The video was captured June 22 at Portofino Towers, where social distancing is limiting elevator capacity to two people at a time.
Gross is seen in the elevator with this wife. Then as the elevator door opens on the 32nd floor, a man tried to enter. Gross holds up two fingers, referring to the two-person limit, but the man tried to come in anyways.
Then Gross pushes back, sending 86-year-old Gerald Steiglitz stumbling back.
"He was aggressive and he shouldn't have been aggressive," Steiglitz said.
Steiglitz says when he tried to get on the elevator, he thought his neighbor of more than 20 years was just saying hello.
"I thought this was peace," he said. "I didn't know what it meant."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs12.com ...
Nuts. “Every person is a loaded weapon”...what the heck is the matter with these paranoid-schizos?
The next Tenants Association meeting should be interesting.
I lived very briefly in a condo development in north Florida where they had to call in the sheriffs for a meeting on...feral cats by the dumpster!
So yes, there’s a out of potential for insanity in this meeting,
Florida man again.
Being over 65 i dare anyone to put their mitts on me.
I had the same attitude when i was 14.
but now the law backs me, so does my .45 Kimber.
If he’s so worried why isn’t he wearing a mask?
It was a neighbor of 20 years good Lord. Bad enough to a stranger but to an 86 year old man you’ve seen around for 20 years.
What an ass. And to say it was self defense. He could have easily talked to the 86 year old man.
How about he gets off the elevator and lets the older man on?
Hey Jackass, stay hope.
Even better
Del Boca Vista
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.