Runner commits sexual assault in a race. Race is photo'd/video'd. He gets caught.

You need to look up the definition of assault. There's room for different types of assault. And d-bags who commit them. Dude doesn't get a pass for being "less bad".

He looks like he'd say, "WELL, HE DID IT, HE DESERVES WHAT'S COMING... YOU CAN'T DO THAT" if it was someone else. He also looks like "that annoying loudmouth" you'd hate to sit next to on a flight.

Yea, I'm judging on appearance.

Proof Text My Dong wrote:

That's normative christian behavior: pretend that you are holier than thou,

You are using a logical fallacy.

Examples of bad followers do not negate the original, good teaching. Christians realize that temptation is a danger.

The atheist believes that lust is a necessary instinct for sexual reproduction of the species, so this without a doubt encourages bad behavior. You cannot argue against this.

We really need to work on defining sexual assault. Last Saturday on SNL Jennifer Lopez went and rubbed her ass on two random dudes in the audience. Is that sexual assault?

words matter wrote:

We really need to work on defining sexual assault. Last Saturday on SNL Jennifer Lopez went and rubbed her ass on two random dudes in the audience. Is that sexual assault?

Yes. Those dudes should hang for coming into contact with her hiney!

old guy 74 wrote:

This has probably already been pointed out, but calling this sexual assault is doing a disservice to women who have been truly assaulted. The guy was a jerk, but calling it assault is going over the top. I don't think she'll be scarred for life.

"He took my power." Sob. "It was extremely horrible."

I think he was a jerk, but come on.

Here's a juicy (sorry) passage from ONCE A RUNNER. It takes place after Quenton Cassidy has just completed a brutal, epochal workout: 60 quarters:

"I know," Cassidy said. His eyes were still moist; he turned away. "But it is a very hard thing to have to know."

Denton nodded, smiled at him as he swatted him once on the fanny (the muscles there were quivering, he thought, just like it was for me), and left.

KudzuRunner wrote:

old guy 74 wrote:

This has probably already been pointed out, but calling this sexual assault is doing a disservice to women who have been truly assaulted. The guy was a jerk, but calling it assault is going over the top. I don't think she'll be scarred for life.

"He took my power." Sob. "It was extremely horrible."

I think he was a jerk, but come on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mybIXTqlZ9Q

Here's a juicy (sorry) passage from ONCE A RUNNER. It takes place after Quenton Cassidy has just completed a brutal, epochal workout: 60 quarters:

"I know," Cassidy said. His eyes were still moist; he turned away. "But it is a very hard thing to have to know."

Denton nodded, smiled at him as he swatted him once on the fanny (the muscles there were quivering, he thought, just like it was for me), and left.

Hahahahaha, if you look at her slo-mo reaction in the video, you can clearly see she was only disgusted after the fact that she realized a fat dad-bod hobbyjogger slapped her butt (as opposed to someone with movie-star looks)

Yes, it's her workplace, but I think that's irrelevant. It's also a public thoroughfare, and what the guy did can probably be construed as simple assault. A slap in the face would certainly be simple assault; I don't see how a slap on the butt is anything other than that.

My problem is with statements like "He took my power." No he did not. He slapped your butt. You maintained your professionalism instead of dropping your professionalism and getting angry. Getting angry, shouting something at him, would have been an entirely reasonable response--but I see why you didn't do that. Still, the appropriate nonprofessional response would have been something like "Hey a&&hoLe, keep your hands to yourself!"

Borderline whining on CBS This Morning, however, and saying, "He took my power," is just silly.

It sounds as though he's apologized, and of course his life has been ruined for the moment. So the karmic wheel has taken care of him.

What went on at a typical dance club bar in the 80s to and by both men and women would make Mr. Whipple and TSA goons blush. Everybody was squeezing the Charmin through the Jordache jeans.

You never were able to explain what a picture on her Instagram has to do with what happened to her in the race.

Looks like LRC Lawyers nailed it all along.

According to a police report obtained by TMZ Sports, WSAV's Alex Bozarjian was reporting from the River Bridge Run in Savannah, Georgia when a runner named Tommy Callaway "approached from behind her and smacked her on the buttocks."

Bozarjian describes the incident as a "smack and grab" -- "advising that he also grabbed her buttocks in the same motion."

Bozarjian says she felt a "sharp sting" and it caused her to pause during the live broadcast -- which you can see in the video.

Callaway's attorney issued this statement. "While we regret the situation, Mr. Callaway did not act with any criminal intentions."

"Tommy is a loving husband and father who is very active in the community. We have been in touch with WSAV and representatives of Ms. Alex Bozarjian, as well as members of Savannah law enforcement."

youneedadictionary wrote:

You need to look up the definition of assault. There's room for different types of assault. And d-bags who commit them. Dude doesn't get a pass for being "less bad".

Here are the Georgia assault provisions. Which applies?

2018 Georgia Code Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses Chapter 5 - Crimes Against the Person Article 2 - Assault and Battery

§ 16-5-20. Simple assault

§ 16-5-21. Aggravated assault

§ 16-5-22. Conviction of assault with intent to commit a crime if intended crime actually committed

§ 16-5-28. Assault on an unborn child

It's also a public thoroughfare, and what the guy did can probably be construed as simple assault. A slap in the face would certainly be simple assault; I don't see how a slap on the butt is anything other than that.

§ 16-5-20. Simple assault

(a) A person commits the offense of simple assault when he or she either:

(1) Attempts to commit a violent injury to the person of another; or

(2) Commits an act which places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury.

So was he actually attempting to commit a violent injury, or was she just reasonably apprehending immediately receiving a violent injury due to the butt slap?

Bozarjian describes the incident as a "smack and grab" -- "advising that he also grabbed her buttocks in the same motion."

Wow, Callaway must indeed be well-practiced in this to pull off a "smack and grab" in such a crowded situation with necessary timing.

A slap in the face would certainly be simple assault

Barring something unusual about the slap, one open-handed slap which does not cause any injury is unlikely to qualify as any type of "assault" under Pennsylvania law.

Is this thread for real? People who harass course-cutters are coming to the defense of this jackarse who slapped the reporters' ass?

Don't confuse criminal assault/battery (as above) with the civil torts of the same. Newsmodel lady could still bring such a claim against tortfeasor slapper-guy too.

https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-51/chapter-12/article-1/51-12-6/

https://www.georgiainjurylawyer.com/understanding-difference-criminal-civil-assault-battery-georgia/

Not going to judge a guy's heart, but pretty weak to have your lawyer publicly defend you as a Family Man. He ought to crawl the entire course to make amends, or volunteer somewhere. Empty apologies once removed says it all.

When I see modern stuff like this, I am reminded of the story of John Profumo, British Cabinet secretary in the 1960's, who was infamously caught in a lie after an affair with a call girl. Instead of publicly groveling, or having his attorney do so on his behalf, he quietly went down to an East End charity house and quietly washed dishes and served until he was named chairman of the board some years later. He served his penance in this way for over 40 years, and earned tremendous respect! Different generations. Straight up dignity.

Youth pastor that gets handsy with woman strangers? I know understand why evangelicals support Trump - common interests.