Posted on 10/07/2017 12:19:54 PM PDT by Hadean
Late last week, a viral video surfaced of two college students facing off over a red Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” cap. In the video, Edith Macias is seen brandishing the cap of fellow student Matthew Vitale. Macias had snatched the hat off of Vitale’s head following a conference the two were attending on the University of California, Riverside campus.
Macias is seen taking the hat to the university’s student life office, demanding something be done about the hat and Vitale. “This belongs to me. I bought it and she took it from me,” Vitale can be heard saying off-camera.
“Look at the kind of s*** he’s wearing,” Macias responds. “This represents genocide of a bunch of people.”
Following the initial frenzy over the video on social media — Vitale stated that he did not wish to press charges, as he believed it would amount to misdemeanor penalties.
Vitale’s own video didn’t show the theft happening, but a video that Macias herself uploaded following the events did reveal the incident. Vitale soon learned from campus police that the release of that video showing Macias taking the hat off of Vitale could possibly lead to felony charges, and the Republican student then decided to proceed.
As Vitale stated in an interview with Fox News Radio, “Honestly, this isn’t me trying to get revenge on her. This is me just trying to say, ‘Look, behavior like this is not tolerated in this country. There are individual rights and individual freedoms that we are granted as per the Constitution, that everybody’s granted. It doesn’t matter what your beliefs are.’”
If Macias is found guilty of robbery, she could face two to five years of prison, according to the state law.
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And tag on hate crime to it as well
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Lots to be clapping about here today, on FR! :)
Awesome- finally- some good news we can all celebrate
“Facing” charges.
She will not be given felony charges.
We are not granted rights by the Constitution.
Arrrggg.
This frustrates me so much when i hear this, particularly from Conservatives.
I can’t imagine felony charges for that.
Not to put to finer a point to it, Mr. Vitale, but the Constitution GUARANTEES our GOD-GIVEN rights.
That is a distinction worth fighting for!
CA is jammed with people just like this individual.
If you have not seen the video of this incident, it’s worth the watch. It’s enough to make most folks recoil watching this leftist stooge spew her dogma and arrogance after she steals the man’s hat.
Mr. Vitale is correct in prosecuting the thief, however his rationale is incorrect. The Constitution recognizes our inherent rights, it grants nothing.
Anyone have the link to her video, the one that shows her stealing the hat?
You type faster than I did and beat me to the punch. I share your frustration.
A felony for snatching or even stealing a hat? I agree with using the liberal’s legal system against them ... but this one is a bit much.
I really doubt they’ll go to that length. If she touched him, felony assault, if not, it’s petty theft. There is no felony stupid; if there were the entire California state legislature would be behind bars.
If the charge is a felony, it’s probably more of an “assault and battery” charge rather than theft.
Robbery is always a felony. Robbery is the taking of property from a person or premise by violence or threats of violence. I don't think you could contend that what she did was robbery. What Michael Brown did in the convenience store was clearly robbery. I doubt that Mr. Vitale actually felt threatened.
She is guilty of larceny, and very bad manners. They may charge her with robbery to get a plea to larceny, and an agreement to pay a fine. It's unlikely that a jury would convict her of robbery, but very likely they would convict her of larceny. She can limit her exposure by taking the plea.
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