Student arrested after video mocking Charlie Kirk mourners goes viral

[TheProle]

12. Her free speech ended where his maga hat began.

Don't put your hands on people.

From a self-proclaimed lawyer: https://www.reddit.com/r/TexasTech/comments/1nhddmi/the_assault_on_campus/

I'm an attorney in Texas.

Assault is split into different categories.

A regular assault that you think of, like punching someone, is a Class A misdemeanor which is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.

However, an element of this assault is that the perpetrator must cause Bodily Injury which is physical pain, illness or impairment of physical condition.

Obviously, that doesn't apply to what happened in this video.

However, under a(3), it IS assault if you intentionally or knowingly cause contact with someone when you know or should reasonably know that contact will be regarded as offensive.

This is called simple assault and it is a class C misdemeanor, which is not punishable by jail time and can have up to a $500 fine.

It's a ticket, basically. Technically, people CAN be arrested for Class C misdemeanors, but it's not that common because it's a lot easier to just give people a citation for such a low level offense. I do find it a bit strange that she was arrested for this.

But then again, it's Lubbock, so I'm not surprised that it's full of chuds.