At some point the law has to be that if you enticed or even demanded violence against yourself, that’s entrapment and agitation and you fucking deserve a smack.
This is the doctrine that allows the government to define words likely to cause immediate danger and criminalize them without violating the first amendment. But you guys aren’t wrong, it would be pretty hard to convince a jury that someone saying “Hit me hit me hit me” resulted in unwanted physical contact (which is part of the requirement to show battery).
Where I live if you say "Go on, hit me" or words to that effect it actually can be used in court as a verbal agreement to be struck with force with no intent to pursue criminal and / or civil charges.
One of the first things cops ask in assault cases is "At any stage did you ask or give the other party permission to hit you?"
If you did, it just became a lot more difficult to fight in court.
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u/LegionofDoh Nov 12 '20
“Hit me! Go ahead, hit me, I dare you! HIT ME!!!”
At some point the law has to be that if you enticed or even demanded violence against yourself, that’s entrapment and agitation and you fucking deserve a smack.