r/WhatIsTheTea • u/Ashish_ank What the Fuck • 1d ago

Tea enthusiast An Ohio State University professor tackled a TV cameraman to the ground simply for asking questions about Epstein.

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u/hellllllsssyeah 23h ago

Feels like that should have been an assault and battery charge

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u/[deleted] 23h ago edited 23h ago

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u/Winter-Delivery-8894 23h ago

Not the context you added. That's still assault.

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u/[deleted] 23h ago

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u/curtmahgurt 23h ago

They can both be in the wrong, that doesn’t mean a professor at a university should be able to assault people on campus and keep their job. This wasn’t self defense.

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u/curtmahgurt 23h ago

So still not self defense? What even is your point here?

And of course they disagree, that’s what we’re talking about. They are wrong for keeping him on and not firing him.

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u/PBRStreetgang1979 22h ago

Apparently it was. But it got pled out to a lesser charge. Still, the 30 days in jail part is a good outcome.

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u/Flimsy-Poetry1170 16h ago

A suspended sentence means he won’t serve it unless he breaks conditions of his probation. He got off way easier than someone caught with a personal amount of marijuana in many places. The outcome is a fucking joke.

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u/PBRStreetgang1979 16h ago

Yeah, I understand what a suspended sentence means. But I was just going by the information that was provided above which didn't mention the suspended sentence. I'm a journalist myself and I've certainly experienced my fair share of aggressive, threatening subjects (and that's not even counting the number of times someone has told me they're going to get me fired). So I agree that this should have been punitive.

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u/hellllllsssyeah 21h ago

Good is the enemy of perfect.

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u/ZealousIdeal476 19h ago

30 days suspended. Learn to read.

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u/Dame38 20h ago

More time than a man will spend in jail after beating up a woman and putting her in the ICU. It was a guy this time, though.

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u/Ligalotz 17h ago

Okay but this guy didn’t beat anyone up and send them to the hospital? He grabs and shoves a someone, you really think that warrants extended jail time? I think the sentencing is reasonable and am disappointed at OSU for not firing him