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Re:‘No One Saw a Thing’: When a Midwest Town Banded Together... by cjohnson318 on Friday August 09, 2019 @05:40PM (#20658423)
See it where? This anecdote sounds more like a jury or a judge making an exception in an extenuating circumstance, than the exercise of an existing law, or precedent.
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Re:‘No One Saw a Thing’: When a Midwest Town Banded Together... by vorpalhex on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:53AM (#20676556)
How was this an exception? The attacker was charged, they chose to give a (very) lenient punishment with the circumstances considered.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/charlottes...

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Re:‘No One Saw a Thing’: When a Midwest Town Banded Together... by cjohnson318 on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:33AM (#20778648)
It is an exception because it is not representative of most assault charges in the US. Getting charged for assault, and then a pat on the wrist, for punching a Nazi is by definition an exceptional event. Rolling Stone, a cultural icon, does not gamble advertiser money on boring, unexceptional events.
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