Intentionally causing a person to fear harm is assault. Greentext is committing assault. It might not be possible to convict for it, but it’s still assault.
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rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 5 weeks agoThat’s called assault and it is a crime.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
underwire212@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
They had legitimate reason to believe they were in danger. Not assault at all.
Allero@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Legitimate reason as in “a man is in the range of visibility”?
Maalus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
A man, in a hoodie, that speeds up his step when they try to walk away from him faster, at 2am. Context matters a lot here.
underwire212@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
It’s more than just “a man within range of vision”. Obviously we don’t have the full story here, but even in the text, there are specific behaviors that would, arguably, make a reasonable person suspect they were in danger. Depending on the state, that is enough to warrant self-defense definition.
Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 5 weeks ago
The entire greentext is about OP going out of their way to look as threatening as possible while still having plausible deniability. Like… Your position goes against the OPs intent.
Maalus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
No it isn’t when there’s probable cause. And “dude started running after me” is enough for self defense to kick in. Actually it is probably enough to charge the dude.
AlDente@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
OP was just walking. Where are you getting this running idea from?
Maalus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Literally says “speeds up my steps as well”.
AlDente@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Speed walking and running are distinctly different things.