And OJ decapitated his ex-wife because he was in a bad mood.
Being in a bad mood doesn't excuse criminal behavior.
What Etheridge did was a crime. That's assault and battery.
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if he had walked away, they would've followed.
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Another mind-reader.
This is the danger of Obama's push for 'prevention detention', that the government should be able to detain citizens, imprison them indefinitely, without any due process, no charges, no judicial oversight, and without having committed any crimes, because the government thinks they might commit one. That the citizen might have thoughts to commit one. http://www
teaksmama, yours is dangerous UNAMERICAN thinking.
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The only cuts in this video are where screens have been put in with subtitles.
Each assault and battery by Etheridge is preceded with either "Do you support the Obama agenda" or a non-response, silence, to Etheridge's demand to know "Who are you?, and there are no cuts between the questions and the assault and battery."
Why didn't the young men call the police? I'd guess they were filled with adrenalin and embarrassed by the whole situation, confused over how a simple school assignment led to an extreme reaction by an authority figure, a United States congressman -- They probably internalized the experience as their having done something wrong, but not having a clue what that might have been.
Completely normal human reaction in such a situation, especially with young men who are still kids, brought up in traditional family homes (they wore suits and ties for this "ambush"), is to go limp, passive, to diffuse the situation. Once it's over, once they were away from Etheridge and the adrenalin had passed out of their systems, they probably got angry, and the video was their best response.
At the very least, Etheridge should be brought up on ethics charges in the House.
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Actually these students didn't stick the microphone in Etheridge's face. They remained stationery as Etheridge walked up to and into them, pushed himself, his face into their 'space', and then physically assaulted the young man with the microphone and committed battery on him.
Watch the video again.
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The defensive weapon the reporter carries is the cameramen shooting what happened.
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I am a liberal Democrat and I am condeming Etheridge's behavior. I think he should be arrested for assault.
You cannot put your hands on another person in that manner -- You can't grab, push, hold, etc., and Etheridge should be arrested for assault. You can't touch another person in any manner without their permission, but obviously the law is a little more lax when the touch isn't as threatening or hostile.
But make no mistake, what Etheridge did was assault.
If Etheridge didn't want to talk to these young men, he should have walked away. Had they pursued him and prevented him from movement, then they would have been breaking the law and could have been arrested.
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That's assault. You cannot put your hands on another person in that manner -- You can't grab, push, hold, etc., and Etheridge should be arrested for assault. You can't touch another person in any manner without their permission, but obviously the law is a little more lax when the touch isn't as threatening or hostile.
But make no mistake, what Etheridge did was assault.
If Etheridge didn't want to talk to these young men, he should have walked away. Had they pursued him and prevented him from movement, then they would have been breaking the law and could have been arrested.
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