Comments on: Law and Order: Alameda County Edition http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2009/06/03/law-and-order-alameda-county-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-and-order-alameda-county-edition Mindfulness in the face of challenge. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack Mingo http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2009/06/03/law-and-order-alameda-county-edition/#comment-997 Jack Mingo Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:52:46 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=855#comment-997 You clearly have never had your hand punched when you've had a camera up to your face. But that doesn't even matter for a charge of assault. Legally, "assault is an act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful, or offensive contact." Battery is "harmful or offensive touching of another." If the facts are as relayed, the woman is guilty of both assault and battery. You clearly have never had your hand punched when you’ve had a camera up to your face. But that doesn’t even matter for a charge of assault. Legally, “assault is an act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful, or offensive contact.” Battery is “harmful or offensive touching of another.” If the facts are as relayed, the woman is guilty of both assault and battery.

]]> By: Joe http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2009/06/03/law-and-order-alameda-county-edition/#comment-996 Joe Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:57:41 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=855#comment-996 Jill makes it sound like the person "assaulted" had their hand broken or something. When someone wants to have criminal charges for the pushing of a hand, you know politics have turned ugly. Sure, the press getting assaulted is news, but a hand push is not news, it's lame news from the Alameda Sun. Jill makes it sound like the person “assaulted” had their hand broken or something. When someone wants to have criminal charges for the pushing of a hand, you know politics have turned ugly.

Sure, the press getting assaulted is news, but a hand push is not news, it’s lame news from the Alameda Sun.

]]> By: Jill http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2009/06/03/law-and-order-alameda-county-edition/#comment-995 Jill Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:32:17 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=855#comment-995 I have been in a situation where an irrational stranger shoved me, and it certainly felt like assault. The fact that you have focused your condescending condemnation on the person who was assaulted speaks volumes about your values. When a member of the press is assaulted, it is news - first-hand, verifiable news, no less. Local politics have turned ugly, and that is something that needs to be reported. You lost a fan with this one. I have been in a situation where an irrational stranger shoved me, and it certainly felt like assault. The fact that you have focused your condescending condemnation on the person who was assaulted speaks volumes about your values.

When a member of the press is assaulted, it is news – first-hand, verifiable news, no less. Local politics have turned ugly, and that is something that needs to be reported.

You lost a fan with this one.

]]> By: dave http://www.johnknoxwhite.com/2009/06/03/law-and-order-alameda-county-edition/#comment-994 dave Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:13:04 +0000 http://johnknoxwhite.com/?p=855#comment-994 If only he had abused you, instead of disabusing you of a notion..... If only he had abused you, instead of disabusing you of a notion…..

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