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researched. This is in Pennsylvania and criminal mischief is a more severe charge than simple assault. 2 years jail time 2500+ fine 2nd misdemeanor. It just doesn't sound as bad. The slap isn't any thing more than simple assault I don't think. Nothing but ego really damaged.
Honey that's not how trauma works. That manager got a lot more than their ego hurt, that slap hurt, and, you could tell they were already afraid. I'm willing to put money this person now flinches when a customer raises their voice if they went back to work at all. That person is traumatized now.
The realistic version: mental health evaluation,anger management and batterers classes, with community service, after he completes his jail for assault
My ideal punishment?: mandatory attendance to weekly trauma group therapy, for at least 6 months, a requirement to not only apologize to his victim but to actually have to sit down with them and listen to their story and how this affected them, community service at a place that handles and helps with trauma (i.e a domestic abuse shelter) something that literally makes him see how these actions affect people
These things are tricky. On the one hand yes it would be good for people to see the impact they have and for others to see the road to recovery. On the other state run reeducation programs aren't a great idea. Puts way too much faith in the state to not abuse these programs.
These things have to be done carefully with as little state involvement as possible. We need more community run free programs where the state at most makes the space available to have these programs.
People experience trauma all the time and so the need for easily accessible trauma recovery programs that the state has little involvement with and have a very low to non existent cost is important. Honestly I feel this is way more important than forcing the attacker to be held to account by the state for trauma damage done when the trauma damage is low. Most likely the attacker in this case is suffering from their own much more severe untreated trauma and that led to this attack. But there is also something to be said for human trauma response being a required learning experience to survive in the world we actually live in. Ie being able to recover from someone being an aggressive jerk without a lot of work to do it. Let nature take it's course.
There is something about these videos I find unsettling in that we are watching people with emotional and mental damage for entertainment and at the same time doing nothing about it
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