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To: Balding_Eagle
(3) intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with another when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.

Getting someone's attention by lightly touching them is not the same as poking someone in the chest or grabbing their arm. No judge in his right mind would apply the statute to this case.

100 posted on 02/12/2006 7:15:12 AM PST by SALChamps03
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To: SALChamps03; JCEccles
Getting someone's attention by lightly touching them is not the same as poking someone in the chest or grabbing their arm.

My point is that by touching her a second time she opened herself up to the possibility of arrest, as stupid as it was.

That said, I hope the cell phone woman gets her a$$ handed to her. In small pieces. Somehow I suspect there is a lot to be handed!

112 posted on 02/12/2006 9:18:22 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (God has blessed Republicans with political enemies who have dementia.)
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