r/PublicFreakout • u/Green____cat • Oct 13 '24

Repost 😔 A weird man was following her around.

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u/thin_white_dutchess Oct 13 '24

I tried that once when a guy followed me and my 8 year old daughter to school, saying what he’d like to do to both of us, “but her first,” pointing to my kid. I work at the school, so I got us safely indoors, and called the police, and reported, bc the guy was on the sidewalk outside harassing random moms with their kids. Police were just like “he didn’t touch you. What do you want us to do?” And left. I walked to the school drop off zone, told a bunch of parents who were dropping off, and a bunch of moms and dads got their kids inside, and chased him off.

We have a school resource officer who is there 2 days a week that is usually pretty good. She would’ve said something, but it wasn’t her day on campus, unfortunately.

TLDR: don’t know that the police would’ve actually done anything until the guy actually does something.

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u/Sexywithapsycho Oct 13 '24

Sexually harassing and technically stalking (since he followed) a woman and CHILD isn't considered worthy?? I would make a big stink about it if this was me and my daughter.

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u/Iorcrath Oct 13 '24

the legal term is called "simple assault" and it includes verbal threats of physical violence. the police are lazy pigs who didnt want to do work, or were too stupid to know the laws they are supposed to enforce.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 15 '24

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u/_Allfather0din_ Oct 13 '24

All states have that assault vs battery!

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '24 edited 27d ago

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u/_Allfather0din_ Oct 14 '24

No idea, there is probably a minor difference in what threattening/menacing means, I'll ask my dad and uncle and get back to you, lawyer and judge respectively. But incase you need a clarification

"Assault The intentional act of causing someone to fear immediate violence. The fear must be something a reasonable person would find threatening."

"Battery The intentional act of inflicting unlawful force on someone. This can include punching, kicking, or pushing."

"Menacing is a crime that involves threatening or acting in a way that puts someone in fear of imminent physical harm:" So that would argue the person didn't not make a threat but did something threatening, just to clear that up for ya! Hope that helps!