• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Huh. I wonder if any injuries that occured would fall under that. Like if someone yelled fire and you got trampled by a panicked crowd and broke a few bones… would yelling fire in that case be assault?

    Initial post stands - charge his ass! …but now more from curiosity to see what the courts would do with it than anything else.

    • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com
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      9 months ago

      No, because the words aren’t intended to incite lawless acts.

      But, falsely pulling a fire alarm and saying words are two different things, and he can and should be charged for it.