She went to the authorities, who did absolutely nothing, so she was FORCED to take matters into her own hands. If I were her parents, I couldn’t be prouder of her. I’d take her out to dinner anywhere she wants, then take her to a lawyer.
It was not forced. She chose to. She could have coped in ways other than violence. Failure of the system to resolve things in a way you prefer is not justification for violent assault. It’s just barbarism.
Instigation. She is not being charged because she is not responsible for the assault. His deplorable and criminal acts of harassment against her make him criminally responsible for her attack.
You do not get to harass someone so egregiously and incessantly as to instigate a physical altercation, and then call them “barbaric” for having attacked you.
She wasn’t charged because the police have discretion and the victim of her assault can still press charges. That doesn’t mean she didn’t commit a crime or that she absolved of responsibility. It is not other people’s responsibility for how you react to how you feel, it’s yours to manage your behavior, even when people hurt your feelings.
He would never be found guilty and charges would not be pressed. He absolutely didn’t do anything to satisfy incitement. Incitement is for encouraging people to do violence or commit crimes, like she tried to do when assaulting someone. This is not a circumstance where personal responsibility is abdicated. She should not have viciously attacked someone over pictures that aren’t even her.
Then you concede that he instigated the attack. You don’t need to continue blaming the victim’s violent response, because responsibility for those acts falls on the harassing instigator.
She went to the authorities, who did absolutely nothing, so she was FORCED to take matters into her own hands. If I were her parents, I couldn’t be prouder of her. I’d take her out to dinner anywhere she wants, then take her to a lawyer.
It was not forced. She chose to. She could have coped in ways other than violence. Failure of the system to resolve things in a way you prefer is not justification for violent assault. It’s just barbarism.
Instigation. She is not being charged because she is not responsible for the assault. His deplorable and criminal acts of harassment against her make him criminally responsible for her attack.
You do not get to harass someone so egregiously and incessantly as to instigate a physical altercation, and then call them “barbaric” for having attacked you.
She wasn’t charged because the police have discretion and the victim of her assault can still press charges. That doesn’t mean she didn’t commit a crime or that she absolved of responsibility. It is not other people’s responsibility for how you react to how you feel, it’s yours to manage your behavior, even when people hurt your feelings.
He can be charged with assault and battery, due to his instigation of the physical altercation.
That is true only as a general condition, not an absolute one. There are certainly exceptions. “Instigation” is one such exception.
He would never be found guilty and charges would not be pressed. He absolutely didn’t do anything to satisfy incitement. Incitement is for encouraging people to do violence or commit crimes, like she tried to do when assaulting someone. This is not a circumstance where personal responsibility is abdicated. She should not have viciously attacked someone over pictures that aren’t even her.
The word I used in the parent comment was “instigation”.
Then I have confused this chain with another but since you’re posting in several of them, it’s an easy thing to do.
Then you concede that he instigated the attack. You don’t need to continue blaming the victim’s violent response, because responsibility for those acts falls on the harassing instigator.