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Re: Man arrested, charged with hate crime(Re: Man wanted for tirade on LIRR) |
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Posted by BusMgr on Sun May 27 13:17:45 2018, in response to Re: Man arrested, charged with hate crime(Re: Man wanted for tirade on LIRR), posted by jsun21 on Fri May 25 21:11:07 2018. I think those words could be used either way: as a legitimate and credible threat of physical harm, or as an expression designed to show contempt for another person that would not be reasonably interpreted as a physical threat. We have seen President Trump and Vice President Biden both "threatening" to beat up each other, but I don't think anyone seriously believed that either was actually making a threat of physical harm. This is why video showing the context would be especially helpful. And ultimately it is a jury question, the meaning of the words to be judged by twelve reasonable people from the community.Given what I have seen in the video, this man was rather agitated, animated, and without doubt crude--a great deal of emotion being exhibited--but also having controlled his physical posture. I am not certain how I would come down on the matter. |
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