What about the procecutions.

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Complete aside - that particular bodega is dirty as hell. I wouldn't eat anything from there. (And I eat at some sketchy bodegas.)

It’s the NYPD that does the arresting.

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Because at that point there is no reason for the accused to not go to trial to see if they can do better with a jury. And because of our fucked up system, that would pretty quickly bring the criminal courts to a halt.

Is it cheaper to protect retail workers than to put people in jail? 🤔

If you get into an argument and someone spits on you, that’s aggravated harassment. You lose your temper and slap the person in the face. That’s Assault.

Do you think you should be in prison for more than a year because of that action?

The volume of incidents have markedly increased. So have the arrests according to the NYPD.

Don't need yet another bill. Need arrest, charges, prosecution and Jail time.

How about a bill that just protects all people like cops and firefighters?

It's worthless.

Full disclosure that I say this without an alternate solution, but in context, for years it's been a felony on paper to assault a healthcare worker. But good luck getting NYPD to take a report (they want to see broken bones to even consider it) and even if they do, the DA's office never charges people. In my Manhattan facilities alone, there's at least one assault a day, frequently resulting in injury. But nobody is ever charged.

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> his assailant, who was caught on camera clobbering him from behind on Aug. 8, was apparently never arrested

So the law will do absolutely nothing. Okay.

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Battery. Battery is the physical act

Edit: leaving this because I just learned something new: In New York, it’s all umbrellaed under assault. My b

This is stupid, just apply the laws that already exist.

There are lots of ways to assault someone other than punching. Any intentional physical touch can be considered assault.

I mean, they do though, all the time, and get away with it plenty.

Yeah the laws aren’t lacking. It’s the backbone to crack down, which current DAs don’t have. But I guess this wouldn’t hurt

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One reason, the court's definition of assault is pretty open.

It’s odd to me that any assault isn’t a felony. Almost like it’s a remnant of an older time of ‘boys will be boys’ and to not punish that behavior.

it’s not like people can reasonably say ‘Sorry sir, I didn’t know I couldn’t punch her.’

Or ‘Sorry sir, I fell over and my fist fell into her face.’

Are we sure this is that big a problem because…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/business/walgreens-shoplifting.html

Is not already a crime attacking someone?