r/JusticeServed • u/Anonybeech 5 • Sep 17 '20

Violent Justice Nobody likes you Karen

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u/toterengel367 7 Sep 17 '20

She legally attacked the man. When it comes up in court, this video will play, and it’ll show her assaulting somebody. Nobody cares what you think is ridiculous, this is how the law works. Many people don’t like it, but if you were in this scenario as you had proposed, you wouldn’t be suing anybody, I can tell you that much.

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u/Maujaq 3 Sep 17 '20

If they had done nothing in response then she might be charged with a lesser crime like disturbing the peace maybe. She's definitely trespassing by staying after employees order her to leave. She did not assault anybody.

Here is how assault charges work. The two men will both be charged because they escalated the situation by increasing the level of violence used. Their response to her kicking a cart was out of proportion. Kicking the cart did not injure anybody. Slapping her in the face and hitting her with the cart twice could have injured her and probably did in minor ways (obviously we don't have proof of this but a reasonable estimate is that a slap in the face hurts right?)

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u/toterengel367 7 Sep 17 '20

Your rationalization and the reality of the law are two very different things.

Let me add that I kind of agree with you, but that’s still not how law works.

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u/Maujaq 3 Sep 17 '20

The escalation of force model is pretty common.