Timeline for Can one insult someone until he punches them with a goal of having the other person arrested for assult?
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| Nov 13 at 18:22 | history | edited | Jay McEh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
clarified bail process for minor offenses
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| Nov 13 at 18:15 | comment | added | Jay McEh | If I were to guess (and it would be a guess), the number of post-facto assault arrests is probably much higher than those directly witnessed by LEO, but the ratio of reported incidents leading to arrests would probably be dramatically lower. If the goal is securing an arrest and the incident is being staged as proposed, odds of success are much higher by contriving to do so in front of an officer. | |
| Nov 13 at 18:10 | comment | added | Barmar | But that doesn't seem to be the main question, as described in the title, which is about potential consequences to the person being goaded into attacking. | |
| Nov 13 at 18:09 | comment | added | Barmar | True, the question asks "Would I risk jail time?" The risk is there, even though it's often avoided due to the factors you describe. | |
| Nov 13 at 18:07 | comment | added | Jay McEh | @Barmar Fair point. I was potentially stretching the spirit of "Would there be any potential legal complications to this idea" to include "are my assumptions about the initial stages of the legal process accurate", but that's more of a frame challenge than a direct response to the explicitly stated concerns. | |
| Nov 13 at 18:05 | comment | added | Barmar | And how many people who are arrested for assault actually do it in view of the police? Isn't it more common for the police to be called after the fact? | |
| Nov 13 at 18:03 | comment | added | Barmar | And the question is about the insulter's goal, regardless of whether the police actually carry it out. | |
| Nov 13 at 18:01 | comment | added | Barmar | I think the OP is simply assuming that if someone commits a serious crime they will likely be arrested. Perhaps based on watching shows like Law & Order, where the detectives and DA doggedly pursue and prosecute attackers. | |
| Nov 13 at 17:58 | history | edited | Jay McEh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added reference to post-incident arrest warrants
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| S Nov 13 at 17:01 | history | answered | Jay McEh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |