To: FormerACLUmember
grabbing him with a bear hug from behind and slamming him onto the floor. Is that assault or battery? Why isn't he in jail for the night?
2 posted on
01/27/2004 2:08:14 AM PST by
Glenn
(MS:Where do you want to go today? OSX:Where do you want to go tomorrow?Linux:Are you coming or what?)
To: Glenn
Well the idiot will be working for free from now on. The guy he knocked down owns his lard butt.
To: Glenn
Is that assault or battery? Why isn't he in jail for the night?Of course it is assault and battery. Ah, but you forget that laws don't apply to rats and lawyers.
6 posted on
01/27/2004 2:10:10 AM PST by
FormerACLUmember
(Man rises to greatness if greatness is expected of him)
To: Glenn
Think of his victim. Imagine how you would feel to be the guy who got his butt kicked by Al Franken. I would be ashamed to show my face in public for months.
13 posted on
01/27/2004 2:19:03 AM PST by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
To: Glenn
Assault is verbal, battery is physical. In other words, one is the implied attack, the other is the actual attack.
Al committed battery, but I'm not sure about what the laws are in New Hampshire. The Larouche supporter's words might meet a statutory requirement of being 'fighting words' and may have been an assault on Dean.
The Larouche supporter likely was told to go away before he got charged with disturbing the peace or attempting to incite a riot or some other odd crime. I am rather surprised that the Post reporter didn't get a quote from him, or another Larouche supporter.
As for a civil suit; yeah, he likely could tie up Al in court for a few days and cost him $50,000 in lawyer fees, but probably wouldn't be able to win the case.
41 posted on
01/27/2004 3:39:45 AM PST by
kingu
(I vote Republican in the general, conservative in the primary.)
To: Glenn
That's assault in my book. I wonder why the heckler didn't press charges. Franken says he was protecting Dean's right to free speech, but what about the heckler's rights? Oh, I forgot, if you attempt to speak out against a Democrat, your right to free speech doesn't count.
45 posted on
01/27/2004 4:16:13 AM PST by
mass55th
To: Glenn
That is assault AND battery.
To: Glenn
The way I've heard it described:
Assault is the threat
Battery is the act
It is assault and battery
175 posted on
01/27/2004 7:54:48 AM PST by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: Glenn
Why isn't he in jail for the night?For the same reason that Ted Kennedy didn't even get a traffic ticket.
179 posted on
01/27/2004 8:16:43 AM PST by
fella
To: Glenn
From the account in the article, I would say he is guilty of both.
assault – threat or use of force on another that reasonably makes that person fear bodily harm.
battery – the use of force on another resulting in harmful contact; a criminal act.
212 posted on
01/27/2004 12:45:29 PM PST by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
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