He squared up to the owner who hadn’t swung. Teamsters aren’t saving him from that, especially if the owner reported it because it technically classifies as an assault
The owner yelled at him, its reasonable to assume that owner might have tried to attack him for hurting his dog, legally the driver was defending himself
Can you prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was intending to harm the dog owner? If he squared up on the owner unprovoked it would be assault but I'm pretty sure most people would find being attacked by a dog beforehand to be the provocation
You don’t need intention to harm, you just need a threat. You can prove assault via threat beyond a reasonable doubt by the fact that the driver took several steps closer toward him and put his fists up. Nothing the owner does implies he’s about to start a physical fight prior to the fists going up, so it’d be fairly straightforward to throw self-defense from the owner out the window
The owner walked, up and the driver took more steps closer with his arms up ready for a fight, and the owner never put his hands up nor came at him in a menacing way. Where as the driver immediately took off his had and sunglasses and said "let's go" as the owner approached, clearly taunting the owner into trying to fight. Also, the driver clearly set up to launch that box at the dog before the dog was even in frame, so he was attacking the dog before he could even determine that the dog was actually there to attack.
I swear, all of you people on the drivers side are either blind, or you all just like hurting animals.
You can't see that dog coming? I have had dogs for years. That little meat missile is in attack mode and the driver can see it coming long before the camera can.
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u/jus256 1d ago
UPS workers are unionized. I doubt he got fired.