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Originally Posted by MBates
For what it is worth (and at risk of really stirring the pot) throwing a rock at someone because you are mad is 100% textbook assault with a weapon in the Criminal Code.
In fact holding a rock up in a menacing manner making a person reasonably apprehend you are going to throw it at them is still an assault in law. Throwing it is not even required.
And while we are at it, aggressively accosting someone for a cigarette while carrying an enforcer rock can also fit squarely in the definition of a criminal assault:
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/...7.html#docCont
Not advocating every technical assault should be full on investigated by police but all the references (including apparently from the police) that police can’t do anything about someone throwing a rock at you if they miss are quite baffling for how wrong they are. |
FWIW: Can they do anything about it if nobody, including the victim, actually saw the person holding or throwing the rock?