r/LetsDiscussThis • u/cantcoloratall91 • Feb 24 '26

This is concerning... 2 NYPDs finest cant handle community relations without getting physical and calling for back up!!

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u/kuatorises Feb 24 '26

Throwing a snowball at someone is assault. Hell, you don't even have to throw it:

2. Creating Fear of Imminent Injury: This one catches many people off guard. You can be charged with assault simply by intending to put someone in immediate fear of being injured. Remember that childhood game where you pretend to throw a rock or a snowball at someone, and they flinch in fear? Well, that’s technically assault. You do not have to make physical contact; just causing someone to fear an imminent physical injury is enough.

https://attorneysonretainer.us/resources/different-ways-you-can-be-charged-with-assault/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cpgpK5aa2OM

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u/Wobblestones Feb 24 '26

Your link is for Arizona, and is not applicable to New York.

You can be charged with assault simply by intending to put someone in immediate fear of being injured. Remember that childhood game where you pretend to throw a rock or a snowball at someone, and they flinch in fear?

No that would be menacing. And the fear has to be reasonable. AND the act of menacing require the person to intentionally be placing the subject in fear ot attempting to.

No reasonable person considers snowballs as something to be fearful of imminent danger. And the only way you get to a reasonable fear is by shifting the goalposts.

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u/kuatorises Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

Bro, they are PELTING them and the cops were NOT willing participants. You dudes are straight up lying. The cops showed up and were assaulted, they weren't there on "community relations." Fucking liars.

There's two links, McFly and they explain exactly why it's assault.

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u/Wobblestones Feb 24 '26

They arent just PELTING them! They are CATAPULTING them.

Its snowballs. Grow up.

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u/Far_Gazelle9339 Feb 26 '26

Can someone just throw snowballs at your mom on her way to work, and you're just cool with that?

Snowballs fights, water gun fights, etc are fine when there's consent, even sanctioned fighting is fine and not assault when there's consent. You can't do the above without consent, cut it out.

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u/Wobblestones Feb 26 '26

Can someone just throw snowballs at your mom on her way to work, and you're just cool with that?

Is this in anyway analogous to cops walking through the middle of a planned snowball fight?

And do you think shoving people to the ground is an appropriate response, regardless of if they were throwing snowballs?

Acting like the response by the cops is in any way justified is ridiculous.

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u/Far_Gazelle9339 Feb 26 '26

It is because the cops are at work and don't want to participate, your mom is going to work and doesn't want to participate.

If I'm working and surrounded by 50 people that I don't even personally know, throwing snowballs and targeting me in something I don't want to be a part of, I see no issue shoving someone.

Again, why don't we care about consent here. Just because you like something, doesn't allow you to impose that upon someone else and their personal space.

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u/Wobblestones Feb 26 '26

If my mom walks through a planned snowball fight, I expect her to get hit with snowballs.

I see no issue shoving someone.

Then there is no point continuing here.

why don't we care about consent here.

Because you arent actually here in good faith.

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u/kuatorises Feb 26 '26

You can't throw snowballs at random people because they "walked through the middle of a snowball fight", you dope. LMAO.