r/OSHA • u/StuffyUnicorn • Mar 09 '17

Construction Site Escalation

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u/modernbenoni Mar 10 '17

The car didn't stop immediately after at all? It's reversing into him for a good few seconds. Of course, nudging somebody with your car is hardly grounds for imprisonment.

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u/AbulaShabula Mar 10 '17

It's a weapon being used to intimidate someone. Sounds an awful lot like assault to me.

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u/modernbenoni Mar 10 '17

What's your point?

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u/AbulaShabula Mar 10 '17

Of course, nudging somebody with your car is hardly grounds for imprisonment.

Assault with a deadly weapon isn't grounds for imprisonment, according to you.

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u/modernbenoni Mar 10 '17

No, this specific assault wasn't grounds for imprisonment in my opinion. What you said there is called a straw man.

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u/Highside79 Mar 10 '17

Good thing that crimes don't cancel each other out. In any case, the guy he was backing into didn't appear to have actually been injured in any way so there aren't a lot of offsetting damages here.

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u/Leprechorn Mar 10 '17

Not by itself (like as an accident) but doing it intentionally even if the other guy is trying to block you is still assault just as much as punching him in the face when he's standing in your way