Dennis (Icarus) wrote:
> Dennis (Icarus) a écrit :
>>> "Carl"  wrote in message
>>> news:UuqdnSCHnMKUF3LYnZ2dnUVZ_hmtnZ2d{at}comcast.com...
>>>> Does this disturb anyone else...?
>>>>
>>> Maybe they wouldnt have a problem with "happy
slapping" if they passed a
> law
>>> criminalizing THAT.
>>> You know, prohibit assault & battery like we have in the States?
>>> ;-)
>> Assault and battery is criminalised, the problem is with those who stand
>> passively around filming the action with their cell-phones and sending
>> the clips around to show how tough they are.
> 
> Hmm...wouldn't the clips make it easier to find, then convict the folks?
> One problem in cases like that can be a lack of witnesses willing t testify.
> Prosecutors like crooks who provide their own evidence of their misdeeds.
> Juries like them too. Kind of eliminates ambivalence about whether the
> person is innocent or guilty.

The cowardly person filming the attack is normally an accessory (or
conspirator) to the attack rather than the hitter.


Andrew Swallow
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