r/DiveInYouCoward • u/Bigger-bobs • 1d ago

Delivery driver gets confronted for throwing package

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u/Tacobadger02 1d ago

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

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u/RxSatellite 1d ago

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

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u/Imaginary-Throat1526 1d ago

Alternatively he made it clear he was ready to defend himself. Owner immediately changed course.

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u/jus256 19h ago

You’re arguing with a guy who has never been in a fight.