• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Our legal system is smart enough to understand the difference in intent in these two actions, even if our populace is not.

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      1 year ago

      What intent exactly do you think is happening here? You think that hand on the shoulder was trying to harm her?

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      1 year ago

      The populace is who judges cases, so idk how you think this works exactly.

      Also the poster you’re replying to is claiming this should be a crime, which they are only saying because they dislike the representative involved, so perhaps the public isnt as correct as we’d like to think.

      Nowhere in that video is there anything approaching battery. At the time of the “shoulder touch” no one is even angry. That happens after.