I live in Norway, who’s pretending? Not my fault if you make assumptions.

If he hadn’t assaulted her he might have been able to make her pay his dry cleaning bill.

Yes? I don’t quite get the hostility. I’m curious about the legalities, nothing more.

Yeah, it wouldn’t be self defense since he wasn’t in any danger. Possibly provocation as the other commentor pointed out.

Ok, now you’re the one making extraordinary claims. It’s fairly obvious to anybody who stops to think about it that throwing liquids at others is not legal. That she’s not getting charged is a case of partiality on the side of the AG, and is why I’m bringing it up as an injustice. I don’t care if she’s on my side, assault / violence should be a no-no.

assault and violence are not the same thing.

If you want to get semantic… from the Britannica

violence, an act of physical force that causes or is intended to cause harm. The damage inflicted by violence may be physical, psychological, or both. Violence may be distinguished from aggression, a more general type of hostile behaviour that may be physical, verbal, or passive in nature.

It’s damage to belongings, and psychological.

Secondly, that’s about Arizona law and this happened in New York City.

Are you trying to claim that throwing liquids at somebody you dislike is legal in NY?

I don’t even understand what point you’re trying to get at. Are you claiming it’s fine to just toss random liquids at others? My point is they both broke the law, they both should be impartially judged for it. How and why is that even controversial?

https://coolidgelawfirmaz.com/throwing-a-drink-is-assault/

Drink is assault, punch with broken bones is aggravated assault.

Well I’m not advocating for them both to get the same sentencing. He should obviously get a heavier sentence due to severity. I am however not a fan of excusing violence just because I happen to agree with their cause.

“Person who was assaulted, charged with assault”

Personally, I’m wondering why only one side gets charged. Both sides were assholes. Lock them both up.

Buzz Aldrin, punching a flat earther

what the story with Lex Luthor is about

I dunno, seems to end with a big fight and / or kryptonite almost as often anyway. Then again, doesn’t that kinda undermine your original point?

useless in the face of the corruption of the system and the businessmen who abuse their power

You could put any superhero in that situation and have a story. But if it’s just a white-collar crime setting, would Supe then be any different from any other Tom Dick or Harry? Is it even a superhero comic at that point? It would be interesting to some, but I can see why the writers wouldn’t want to take that risk.

Or Batman’s more popular because he’s a more interesting character. Superman can only experience kryptonite so many times before you start to suspect he never actually left the planet Krypton.

Thanks, that’s the first I’ve heard of this legal concept.

It may be … sufficient to justify an acquittal, a mitigated sentence or a conviction for a lesser charge. … In extremely rare cases, adequate provocation has resulted in the defendant never being charged with a crime. In one famous example

Though in this case, doesn’t throwing a drink at somebody in itself constitute an offense of some sort? Could both parties not be prosecuted? I suppose AG bias might come into play then?

IF she threw the liquid at him, and he punched her in retaliation, who’s actually in the wrong, legal-wise?

Edit: From the downvotes it seems people think I’m defending the guy. I was not, this was an actual question.

The execs are certainly living up to the crazy portion of the name

I feel like there might be a culture gap here. OP hasn’t mentioned where he’s from, or what his neighborhood is like. I’ve lived in places where women do NOT want to be alone at any time, and I suspect many of the commentors here have never experienced a place like that.

It might just be an unhealthy relationship, but depending on context, it might be a very reasonable and understandable reaction.

PS - none of this is gaslighting. OP, do you even know what it means?

Edit: Nvm, OP mentioned they live in a safe city in the comments. Proceed with the traditional calls for breakup!

That’s because it’s obviously a 27

I think that’s kinda the point of the comic…

It has a max speed of 13 kph, that’s practically crawling. And she was on a sidewalk. This is just much ado about nothing

Have you ever dealt with 8 year olds? They would have asked all the poop related questions anyway