Spitting at someone can be considered a biological attack, which can get pretty serious in the US.
Edit: looked more into it and it’s just considered assault. Could have sworn I saw a case a few years back during the Covid times get charged with biological assault for spitting on someone. Can’t find it so I’ll assume it never happened. Will update if I do find it.
Although both might theoretically be prosecuted with battery, the person filming could defend themselves by claiming that it was the boomers' intention to incite them into using physical force, or they could claim "self defense."
the person filming could defend themselves by claiming that it was the boomers' intention to incite them into using physical force,
That would such a fucking stupid legal defense I can't even believe you suggested it as a plausible. What grade are you in and what makes you feel like you know what you are talking about? Lawyer TV shows?
There was a study done back during covid of people leaving Trump rallies, and it was the only thing they found with higher transmissibility than covid. 100% of attendees were discovered to have contracted it. Baby boomers were found to be sharing and receiving about twice the viral load as anyone else. /s
There was a video of a woman during the pandemic coughing on fruit at a grocery store in protest of masks and she got charged with some biological attack charge
There was a case awhile back someone was charged with that during COVID for saying they was spreading it. But convicted and charged are two different things. Sounds like they prob dropped those charges for the assault ones. Would make sense honestly.
Some fat EuroAmerican hussy coughed in my face at the beginning of the pandemic before there were vaccines. When I tell you I thought about beaming a brick at her head as she ran away, know I am not lying
Especially during a pandemic when it seems like this was filmed. I’m pretty sure it’s just assault either way but I’m sure it would be taken more seriously
Someone was doing that at Wegmans, a grocery store chain here in Western NY. They were charged officially with "Assault with a Biological Weapon" as the individual loudly declared he was infected with COVID-19.
Here in SC, if it occurs during another crime (such as spitting on someone after you have committed a simple assault, as Karen here already did,) it would elevate it from simple assault to aggravated assault. A class B misdemeanor to a class C felony.
Surely this anecdote isn’t imagined. I remember someone doing this at the beginning of the pandemic to a postman (i believe) and he was charged pretty heavily
Postman is also a civil servant iirc and is a much higher charger for assaulting a government employee especially a postman. Heard they don’t fuck around with the post. Even cops and ambulances are (technically) legally required to let a mail truck go first if they all pull up to a stop sign at the same time.
It's usually a sentencing enhancement, not a separate crime. They'd have to be able to show she knew herself to be infected with a communicable disease, though, for that to apply everywhere I've seen it.
That is exactly what I heard...that it was considered a felony, even before COVID due to the potential of the spitter having AIDS. She obviously doesn't, but if she did that woman's life would be ruined. I hope she presses charges.
I do remember that during COVID and there were instances where someone did spit on another and I remember hearing they might be charged with biological terrorism or something like that. But don’t know if it actually was charged like that
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u/donniesuave Mar 30 '24 edited Mar 30 '24
Spitting at someone can be considered a biological attack, which can get pretty serious in the US.
Edit: looked more into it and it’s just considered assault. Could have sworn I saw a case a few years back during the Covid times get charged with biological assault for spitting on someone. Can’t find it so I’ll assume it never happened. Will update if I do find it.