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    LumRaiderFan reacted to tvc184 in Woman accused of running over George Floyd protester found not guilty of assault   
    It all depends on the law in that state. All criminal laws are made up of what are called elements. Each element has to be proven for something to be a crime. Included in those elements are the culpable mental state. Those mental states are intentional, knowingly, recklessly and with criminal negligence.
    As examples, murder has two elements in Texas. You have to (1) intentionally or knowingly (2) take another person’s  life. Public intoxication is to (1) be in public, (2) be intoxicated on some substance and (3) be a danger to yourself or someone else due to that intoxication. So public intoxication has more elements than murder.
    If any one element in a crime is not proven, the person is not guilty.
    Terroristic threat under Texas law says that you (1) place a person in imminent fear of (2) to seriously injure or kill someone (there is also another terroristic threat like a bomb threat). So the threat against a person has to be of a serious injury or death. The threat has to be imminent meaning it is about to happen fairly soon. An example might be to call someone on the phone and say I’m on the way over to your house to kill you. That is a threat of death and it is imminent. The crime is merely the threat. If a person actually shows up at your house and makes the threat with a deadly weapon exposed, it becomes an aggravated assault. That is why the elements are so important. To walk up and make a threat of imminent  death or serious injury is one crime but to display a weapon becomes a for more serious crime with the exact same words. To display a firearm or a deadly weapon with no threat, goes back down to a far lesser crime, barely over a traffic citation. 
    The problem between laws in all 50 states are the federal government is that they can be completely different and/or named differently or have different elements. What Texas calls criminal mischief, another state might call vandalism.  What some states call breaking and entering, Texas calls burglary.
    Going only by the laws in Texas as an example, did the guy on the hood make a threat of serious  bodily injury or death that was about to happen? If it could be proven, sure he could be charged. If they had proof that when the guy jumped up there he made some kind of statement like, I will get this gun out of my pocket and kill you, under Texas law that would be terroristic threat. Merely  feeling threatened because somebody does something like jump on the hood of a car however is not likely a crime anywhere.  It is not the perception of the claimed victim that is ever a crime but the intent of the person doing it. So if the woman in the car said, I felt threatened, that is not a crime. The question is, did he actually make a threat, not what she perceived? I am guessing that even if he did, they will not be able to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt without a recording. In the what if game, what if she had a dash cam with audio and he made some similar Threat? Not only could he be charged, he probably should be charged. If that were true, I think it will be prosecutorial misconduct for them to charge her in a crime and not him. In fact that threat alone if it could be proven, would more than likely negate any charges against her. It would prove her need for self-defense, in my opinion. 
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    LumRaiderFan reacted to baddog in This Board Needs....   
    The reason I’m getting a divorce……
    I woke up a couple days ago, it was my birthday. My wife made no mention of it, even the kids said nothing. I went to work and none of my co-workers wished me happy birthday. It was frustrating. Later, my boss came up and she wished me happy birthday. I said thanks. She then asked if I would like to get a bite for lunch. I said that sounded great. After lunch, she asked if I would like to go back to her place. Hesitating for a moment, I eventually said yes. We got to her place and she said she wanted to go change clothes. A few minutes later, she came back with my wife, my kids, and several of my co-workers. They wanted to wish me happy birthday with a cake and there I was sitting butt ass naked on the couch. 
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from Hagar in Woman accused of running over George Floyd protester found not guilty of assault   
    From the article:
    Video of the scene went viral last year and showed Watson’s black SUV driving through an intersection surrounded by protesters before Max Bailey, 22, is seen on the hood of her car. 
    Bailey said he climbed on the hood of the car out of fear of being run over. 
    "The reason I was in front of the car was to make sure everyone was safe and to get this lady to stop from running over protesters," Bailey told 9NEWS the day after the incident. "The reason I got on top of the car was because she accelerated into me and I’m not going to lie down and let somebody run over me." 
     
    lol, nice try, punk.
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from 5GallonBucket in Critical race?   
    I’m concerned about the most qualified folks being in roles of leadership.  The color of their skin should never be a consideration.
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from Hagar in Political Memes   
    No doubt, especially those on the left.
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from Chester86 in Critical race?   
    I’m concerned about the most qualified folks being in roles of leadership.  The color of their skin should never be a consideration.
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    LumRaiderFan reacted to 5GallonBucket in Woman accused of running over George Floyd protester found not guilty of assault   
    Stand out in the road you get what you get.
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from 5GallonBucket in Woman accused of running over George Floyd protester found not guilty of assault   

    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Good call.
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    LumRaiderFan reacted to Hagar in Political Memes   
    MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY THE MOST WASHED BODY PART IN 2020 WAS THE HANDS.  I WILL DISAGREE AND SAY IT WAS THE BRAIN.
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    LumRaiderFan reacted to baddog in Critical race?   
    Maybe this will explain the problem to him. Note the years this was done. Even though this is comedy, it’s still sad. 
     
     
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from baddog in Critical race?   
    Then you had some poor history teachers.  Several of those subjects you reference would simply be teaching about the Constitution.
     
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from baddog in Minnesota police chiefs see 'unsustainable' crime spike: 'Never seen gun violence like this'   

    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Moving over $1 million to fund "violence interrupters" instead of police probably seems like a bad idea now.
    Who could have possibly seen this coming, other than JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY!
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from baddog in Critical race?   
    All this is discussed in a history class.
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from Hagar in Trump to sue Facebook, Twitter, Google over alleged censorship   
    But that has absolutely nothing to do with the success of hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19.  You simply stated your lack of experience around it as if that meant it was not effective.
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from baddog in How Safe is the Vaccine ?   
    Or Amos Moses
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from WOSdrummer99 in Trump to sue Facebook, Twitter, Google over alleged censorship   
    So it’s about getting paid and not best practice…nice.
    That’s why I take my business to Houston. 
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    LumRaiderFan reacted to WOSdrummer99 in How Safe is the Vaccine ?   
    I have a relative down there that works for the sheriff dept. Very calmly he say, "Dat won happen."
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from BS Wildcats in How Safe is the Vaccine ?   
    Or Amos Moses
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    LumRaiderFan reacted to BS Wildcats in How Safe is the Vaccine ?   
    Especially if they come across that voodoo lady, Marie Laveau.
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from baddog in How Safe is the Vaccine ?   
    lol, I agree, shot may take on a whole new meaning.
    Just kidding, just kidding. 
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    LumRaiderFan reacted to tvc184 in Deceased child found in Jasper has upgraded charges….   
    Mine was a drowned child also, actually two who went under together. When we found them they were still holding onto each other.
     The things we see…….
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    LumRaiderFan reacted to thetragichippy in Deceased child found in Jasper has upgraded charges….   
    Kids have always been my soft spot. The only time I physically let my emotions show during my ambulance days was over a child. It was a drowning, kid drowned in his car seat and when we got the car pulled out of the canal, Mom was laying over the front seat from what appeared to be her trying to get the child out. I can still picture it my head like it happened yesterday. 
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from SmashMouth in How Safe is the Vaccine ?   
    lol, I agree, shot may take on a whole new meaning.
    Just kidding, just kidding. 
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from Reagan in Joebama Administration Loses Again On Loan Relief For Non-White Farmers Only!   
    Outstanding, this is a horrible program that causes even further division, it’s what democrats do.
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    LumRaiderFan got a reaction from SmashMouth in WaPo Slaps McAuliffe With Pinocchio’s   
    You're asking him to do way too much research.
    Much easier to blindly make dumb posts.
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