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Jim B. · #4 01-10-2014, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MTUpower

The DA has to follow the law. Some people are not more equal than others. In the court it should be shown that one person was being bullied and whomever threw the first physical fist- they should be the one convicted- if that is the law. Unless there were "fighting words" proven. That's my take on the legal aspect. The personal aspect is that IMHO, tell the bully that if you continue you will find your teeth need dental attention the next time you bully me. Then if they bully again which is physical, re-arrange part of their face.

The DA is charged with following the law, but has plenty of discretion as to which cases he feels are worth prosecuting, and various factors, such as likelihood to obtain a jury conviction, public policy considerations, time and Departmental budgetary expense, admissibility of evidence, witness credibility, caseload, public opinion and other factors come into play.

As to the personal aspect, well ....bullying like that often occurs in cases where there are many bullies at the same time, and the victim is always alone, to get isolated/picked off, and can't fight off several, or more than one, at once with bare fists. No escape. Yah sure, he could dream about hosing down the lot of them with an AK-47 but that can't happen in the real world without consequences that would dog the vic forever.

Maybe not even in a George Zimmerman type of situation...