Things that made you laugh today (Political Version)

[Neveragain]

Not getting into the politics of this, but it would make a great Torts exam question. Assault, (or battery when physical contact occurs) can extend to objects like if someone smacked a coffee cup out of your hand or pulled a chair out from under you. She probably committed battery first by attempting to grab the mike and his contact appeared to be purely in self-defense, just enough to stop the initial battery. The closer question I suppose is whether his conduct reached the level where physical force was justified, but as he was not being physically disruptive (prior to the mic being grabbed), I would wager not.

Not really her fault and she was in a bad position. She's an intern, panicked, and just started grabbing. If she yelled "Sir PLEASE HAND ME THE MICROPHONE" it would have been much more effective.

Actually most of us were taught this lesson in kindergarten, it went like this.

When the head of the classroom tells little jimmy that it's someone else's turn, little jimmy needs to sit down, be quiet and keep his hands to himself. If little jimmy can't do this he gets sent to time out.

If we are needing to test this on Torts exams, we have much bigger problems to be concerned about.

[Tgo01]

nah sorry man. Common law, at least when it comes to the assault offenses, tends to look worst upon those who escalate when it's not necessary. Ownership of the property is not relevant at least when the property was initially passed with consent. I can't break into a dry cleaner to take back my own coat that I took to them for cleaning, for example.

Well yes, breaking and entering is quite different than retrieving your own property from someone's hands, especially if the reason the cleaners isn't giving it back is because of an unpaid bill. This is a totally different situation where someone said "Here, you can use this microphone to ask a question but we'll want it back when we say we want it back." Now it would totally be assault if Acosta was threatened in any way or someone grabbed him or even if just a reasonable person would have felt threatened in his position, but a small 100 pound woman attempting to grab the microphone out of his hands? That's a hard sell for assault, and even it if were that does not give Acosta the right to push her arm away like that, unless again he felt threatened in some way.

Your door example is different because it's an unlawful detention type offense, and it's probably self defense to push your way out of it.

Depends on the circumstances. Do you have a cell phone on you? Call the police. Is the person being threatening towards you? Clearly self defense to push them out of the way. Are they simply just standing in the doorway preventing you from leaving but otherwise not threatening you? Could be a totally different ballgame that a prosecutor and jury might end up deciding.

[Wrathbringer]

No, I think usually motherfuckers just hand over the microphone. Acosta was being a dipshit.

Yeah, he should have been removed for being a disruptive tard. That girl should have kneed him in his tiny balls and taken the mic.

[Enuch]

Shouldn’t one of the security personnel acted in the according manner to diffuse the situation? Trump multiple times verbally closed off the discussion and that person should not have acted to take the microphone or needed to, one of the security personnel authorized to do the moving should have intervened and escorted dude out in my opinion at least.

Also if she wanted that mic she should have swept dude and then Kimuraed the ish out of his arm, if your going to go for the mic fucking go for it!

[Fortybox]

Shouldn’t one of the security personnel acted in the according manner to diffuse the situation? Trump multiple times verbally closed off the discussion and that person should not have acted to take the microphone or needed to, one of the security personnel authorized to do the moving should have intervened and escorted dude out in my opinion at least.

Also if she wanted that mic she should have swept dude and then Kimuraed the ish out of his arm, if your going to go for the mic fucking go for it!

Yeah and then the media would then say he is a dictator. The idiot wasn’t even asking questions - he just started opining.

The media is the enemy of the people and CNN is at the forefront.

[Methais]

He really likes the bully pulpit. Notice how he abuses the reporter from behind his podium after the reporter's microphone is taken away. Those reporters are being polite and brave, while he's a civic disgrace.

[Methais]

You could see the fear seeping from trump today. He’s frightened, which is why he requested sessions to resign minutes after that awful press conference.

Trump is a criminal. Only criminals act like this. How do I know? Look at Nixon.

Fuck you fortybox and fuck you tgo. Eat shit. Fuck civility.

[Methais]

Here's a video that slows it down and everything to clearly show he did indeed put his hands on her.



But let's face it, you're so worthless and so pro-violence against women that you won't ever admit you're wrong, yet again.

I wonder how long before a version comes out with the Brazzers logo after she kneels down.

I don't think Acosta was trying to "put his hands" on her, but at the same time if this was someone from Fox News and it happened at an Obama press conference, the left would be going nuts playing the violence against women card, dude would be fired, tarred and feathered, and probably charged with sexual assault and you'd never hear the end of it.

[Methais]

Are you serious? Your slow-mo video shows their arms crossing as she tries to take the mic from him. If you think this is assault, it's just a sign of how egregiously distorted your views are. Moreover, claiming that this is assault utterly disrespects the true victims of assault. Words matter. Use them better.

Remember how just a few weeks ago leftists were trying to make Kavanaugh out to be a violent person because he supposedly threw ice at someone at a bar back in the 80s?

You should really make up your minds as to what you consider violence and stop changing it based on whether you like the person in question or not.

[Astray]

Nobody in that video looks competent.