My daughter wants to know if it is against the law...and if it can be considered assaulting someone??? BTW, a girl stole her boyfriend and instead of hitting the girl....my DD hosed her down. The other girl did walk over attack...throwing the first blows. Just wondering....
2007-01-14 12:22:21 · 16 answers · asked by Brenda 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Here are some legal definitions:
Assault is: the FEAR of bodily harm.
Battery is: the actual touching.
Battery is constituted by ANY unpriveleged physical contact by ANY means weather it is water from a hose or a punch in the nose.
2007-01-15 01:08:18 · answer #1 · answered by nukehoop 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just spitting on a person or shooting a spitball through a straw can be construed as assault. You could have handled it differently but good for you for standing up for yourself. Now it is time to be proactive so that you are covered in case something happens again. You were not both barred from coming again so there will be some sort of issue again. I would write a letter about how you were shocked and surprised. Add in something about how you appreciate the facilities but you felt that the manager could have handled this differently in order to ensure the safety of the patrons. It is a lot of blah, blah but you will be covered. Email this to the head manager or owner. If it is a chain email this to someome higher up. Set up an appointment with the general manager, give him a hard copy and explain what has happened. They will be afraid that they might get sued. You DEMAND that something must be done. Be calm but firm. I have been military all of my life and am well able to take care of myself. But even I would consider filing a police report. With that in hand the gym would probably drop his membership....... then I would not have to even bother with this idiot.
2016-03-28 21:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, squirting someone with a water hose can be considered assault.
Both girls could be in legal trouble. It sounds like the girls should agree with each other not to press charges...and grow up a little bit more before they start having boyfriends.
2007-01-14 12:33:07 · answer #3 · answered by Judi 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The act is not assault but only unjust vexation for insulting someone by squirting with a water hose.
2007-01-14 12:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, squirting someone is both assault (putting one in fear of harm) and battery (causing something to touch someone). If your daughter is attacked, she can use reasonable force to protect herself - usually the same level of force used against her.
2007-01-14 12:30:02 · answer #5 · answered by Andy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Today anything could be considered assault if it involves contact of any kind. Heck, you could wad up $100 and hit someone in the head with it and go to jail, and, they probably keep the money too. ;-)
2007-01-14 12:33:22 · answer #6 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is assault.
Not sure if your last sentence means that the other girl started the fight, if so, then it could possibly be seen as self defense.
No guy is worth fighting over or going to jail over. Tell your daughter there are lots of other guys out there, and to not lower herself.
2007-01-14 12:28:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe squirting someone with a water hose can be considered assult.
2007-01-14 12:26:40 · answer #8 · answered by tooqerq 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like clean fun to me, but it can be considered simple assault. You hear about weird things when you work at a jail.
2007-01-14 22:37:26 · answer #9 · answered by Zeo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont belive so seeing as how assalt requires bodly harm or then intent to do bodly harm and while being hosed down is imbarising it is NOT physicaly harmfull
now if she held her down and started hosing her int he face relentlessly keeping her from ahving any way of getting her face out of the water stream then taht might be assalt since it would be attempted drowning
2007-01-14 12:29:29 · answer #10 · answered by lspiderl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋