• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Assault doesn’t need physical contact. Just yelling at him threateningly and chasing is more than enough to qualify. If she hit him it would also be battery.

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      16 hours ago

      I agree, but imagine a situation without race involved. If my wife has something taken and chased a child to get it back, then got charged for assault, it’d be laughed out of court.

      This could be classed as assault, depending on intention, I think the investigation is looking into her character to prove the intention. Obviously she has a shot character, but they may need subpoenas from judges etc to look at phone records for evidence. It all takes time. I’m sure she’s getting her just desserts eventually.

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        16 hours ago

        If your wife makes a habit of chasing and yelling at children, you should be careful. She could be charged and it is unlikely it would be laughed out of court.

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          15 hours ago

          Man it’s like you picked 2% of what I said and felt that’s enough…

          I counted, I think it’s 89 words and you’re response is as far as I can tell to one word: wife. So between 2-3%.