So I just got assaulted

[Fran]

That sucks.

 

[Erzengel]

DD needs a whistle.

 

[Fran]

A safety whistle?

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

^^indeed.

 

[AndThePickles]

My friend and I were talking in a parking lot after seeing Saw 3. Aftr a while, a man came around hitting cars with a wooden pole. Asking what we were looking at, I said "Nothing". I was planning on calling the cops inside the theater, but he started walking towards us. My friend says "We better relocate" and got in his car quickly and sped off. He thought I was right behind him in my car, but I didn't go. The guy talked to me for a while, asking for my stats, to which I gave him lies.

I then noticed he was very drunk. He was asking the same questions over and over, and had slurred speech. He offered me Vodka in a bottle, which I declined (I'm underage). Then, he hit me with the pole.

He was aiming for my head, but I blocked it with my hand, and it deflected, and ended up hitting my car. He swung again, and I blocked again with my forearm, and it once again hit my car. Then my friend called.

He heard yelling and cursing and me saying "AH!" as he hit me for a third time in the shoulder. I told him to call the cops.

He got angry. He started cursing some more, asking if I just called the cops. I told him "The cops don't randomly call people! I'd have to call them!" but logic was not his friend. He gave me the bat and told me to hit him in the head. I did not, because I know the law is I have to try to run away before it can be self-defense, and I didn't run away because I wanted him to be arrested. I called the cops. He couldn't decide if he wanted to attack me or run away. He fell down a few times running. Eventually he did run away, going into his house which was very close by. Then, a cop came, and not just any cop, but this cop is one of my friend's dad. So we went to a bar, cause it was nearby, and turns out he was kicked out of the place. Then, we went to his house where two other police vehicles already were. He was taken away.

I then drove myself to the police station, and my friend got there the same time I did. He thought I was right behind him and said he was very sorry. I laughed it off, I really was/am fine with it. We gave our stories to the police, had pictures of my bodily damage and car damage taken, etc.

The guy threatened and attacked an officer, too. He threatened their families. He's in big trouble.

Wow, people here have the craziest stories! Why didn't you just follow your friend in the first place though? I would've left as soon as I saw the guy.

 

[Fanticon]

yeah...the more responses I read in this thread...the more I start to doubt the details.

 

[Ghostvirus]

I can't run through things. I am not telekinetic, and I am not Shadowcat.

Okay, so you don't have Teleketic powers. You aren't shadow cat. What special abilities does your friend have, that enabled him to make it out okay? Let me guess.

 

[Darthphere]

My friend and I were talking in a parking lot after seeing Saw 3. Aftr a while, a man came around hitting cars with a wooden pole. Asking what we were looking at, I said "Nothing". I was planning on calling the cops inside the theater, but he started walking towards us. My friend says "We better relocate" and got in his car quickly and sped off. He thought I was right behind him in my car, but I didn't go. The guy talked to me for a while, asking for my stats, to which I gave him lies.

I then noticed he was very drunk. He was asking the same questions over and over, and had slurred speech. He offered me Vodka in a bottle, which I declined (I'm underage). Then, he hit me with the pole.

He was aiming for my head, but I blocked it with my hand, and it deflected, and ended up hitting my car. He swung again, and I blocked again with my forearm, and it once again hit my car. Then my friend called.

He heard yelling and cursing and me saying "AH!" as he hit me for a third time in the shoulder. I told him to call the cops.

He got angry. He started cursing some more, asking if I just called the cops. I told him "The cops don't randomly call people! I'd have to call them!" but logic was not his friend. He gave me the bat and told me to hit him in the head. I did not, because I know the law is I have to try to run away before it can be self-defense, and I didn't run away because I wanted him to be arrested. I called the cops. He couldn't decide if he wanted to attack me or run away. He fell down a few times running. Eventually he did run away, going into his house which was very close by. Then, a cop came, and not just any cop, but this cop is one of my friend's dad. So we went to a bar, cause it was nearby, and turns out he was kicked out of the place. Then, we went to his house where two other police vehicles already were. He was taken away.

I then drove myself to the police station, and my friend got there the same time I did. He thought I was right behind him and said he was very sorry. I laughed it off, I really was/am fine with it. We gave our stories to the police, had pictures of my bodily damage and car damage taken, etc.

The guy threatened and attacked an officer, too. He threatened their families. He's in big trouble.

I fail to see how you were actually "assaulted". And your friend is a little *****.

 

[DareDemon]

I fail to see how you were actually "assaulted". And your friend is a little *****.

There were several points where he just raised the pole, and didn't hit me but made me believe he was. That=assault.

He also actually hit me 3 times, and that=battery.

The reason my friend made it and I didn't was because he was much closer to his car.

Oh, and something weird happened today. I was talking about it at work cause someone asked what happened to my arm, and another coworker walked by when I said "He got arrested". He asked who got arrested, and I said his name. To which my coworker responded "That's my little brother".

 

[Machx72]

There were several points where he just raised the pole, and didn't hit me but made me believe he was. That=assault.

That's not assault. Assault and battery are the same thing. The entire process will be referred to in court as assault & battery, and possibly assault with a deady weapon.

And possibly, as Ron White would call it, "being drunk in puBLIC."

 

[DareDemon]

assault:

Noun
a. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another.


battery:

Noun
b. The unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact.

 

[Machx72]

Okay well I found the definition of assault differently somewhere else.

It was a physical or verbal attack on another.

Which is about the same as battery.

 

[DareDemon]

Yes, but an attack doesn't have to be successful.

 

[DareDemon]

Updating a dead thread: He's suing the police dept. now because of an alleged beating he got in jail. Now it's all over the local news. Yay.

 

[knowsbleed]

Sadly, I do not have telekinetic powers to stop him. And I wanted him to get caught, not just run away.

I can't run through things. I am not telekinetic, and I am not Shadowcat.

Do you use this reasoning in real life?

Judge, "Why did you let the man assault you?"

DD, "I don't have telekinetic powers your honor. I'm not Shadowcat"

Judge, ""

He was walking around with a poll hitting cars. What exactly made him conversation worthy?

He came to me

AWESOME reasoning. t:

 

[DareDemon]

Do you use this reasoning in real life?

Judge, "Why did you let the man assault you?"

DD, "I don't have telekinetic powers your honor. I'm not Shadowcat"

Judge, ""





AWESOME reasoning. t:

I'm not going to be sarcastic to a judge (I haven't even gone to court yet). To the rest of you, I will answer questions this way because I think it is obvious that you can't just force someone to stop hitting you.

I didn't notice him until he was relatively close. I figured he'd keep walking by until he started talking to me

 

[lazur]

Updating a dead thread: He's suing the police dept. now because of an alleged beating he got in jail. Now it's all over the local news. Yay.

I would have given him a beating before the cops arrived.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Well, we do have Chicago....

Where you obviously don't live because then you would've known to ignore the drunk guy hitting cars with a pole when he tried to start a conversation. I'm sure I've managed to avoid many conflicts like you've described by using this same method.

 

[terry78]

When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES! Also, if someone looks straight trashed and is hitting **** with a wooden pole, you RUN! Faster if the pole has a nail in it.

 

[Darthphere]

I like how you and your friend talk like you're playing Rainbow Six "We better relocate"

 

[bell110]

You CAN force someone to stop hitting you. I assume you're young or kind of small, or both. I can understand if that would make you reluctant to try and physically restrain someone bigger than you. I don't understand that it was at least two of you, you out numbered him. He can't hit both of you with a pole at the same time. Your friend should have stayed with you and help defend you. Then again, he may be young and small too. Now he's sueing the cops. Sounds like a great guy. Maybe it was better if you didn't try and fight him, he sound like a psycho.