Some more facts about the New York case:
It occurred in 2009.
The teenager had a high level of alcohol in his blood.
“The teenager had a high level of alcohol in his blood.”
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Alcohol can sometimes turn a very mild mannered person to violence. It can also cause some to make threats they cannot carry out. Forty plus years ago I was in a real redneck honkytonk place (yeah, I was young and stupid) when I noticed an auto mechanic I barely knew staggeing around trying to start a fight. He was not what you call big but he was around six feet and 160 and all muscle, not a weakling at all when sober. I tried to calm him down but he was really drunk so I caught his hands and placed both of them together and held both his wrists with one of my hands and led him around until he became so exhausted he finally sat down and behaved himself. The next time I saw him he did not even remember the incident. When I told him what I had done he said, “Damn, I MUST have been drunk for sure.”
That's something I'd read, but since it doesn't matter to me if they're high, drunk, or just stupid...attacking someone because they're trying to stop you from committing an unLAWful act deserves what they get.
So I really didn't think it pertinent to mention.