There's also a difference between simple assault and aggravated assault, as well as between battery and assault, in general. I also would quibble with the notion that 'physical prompting' might be the only variety of prompting to draw a forceful response.
More on that in a bit.
Last edited by Hawk; 05-27-2017 at 03:45 PM.
jpx7 (05-27-2017)
I'm well aware, which is why I used the term I did.
I'd quibble that, quite often, even "physical prompting" is not sufficient cause to draw a forceful response, depending on the context. So a question from a reporter, even if it's badgering, is leagues away from the threshold I consider necessary to merit a physical, forceful response such as that exercised by Gianforte.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
I was actually just kind of musing on how the 'attack' was initially spun, not making any kind of personal characterization.
That being said, if you want to talk about professionalism, the reporter was first denied comment and then referred to a spokesperson. At that point, he should have put down his recorder and stepped aside. There was no scrum - and the question was not so indisputably newsworthy that it required cornering and repeatedly badgering Gianforte. There is no defending what the (now) Congressman did in response, which, make no bones about it, was a gross overreaction, but let's not pretend that the reporter's behavior was entirely above board either.
Actually, it's not seconds. It's virtually instantaneous with "Speak to Shane, please."
It's not as if he was given notice, was warned, and nevertheless persisted, as it were.
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