不能同意你說的“罵人不是assault。” 罵人當然是Verbal assault, 比如華州的刑律有一下規定：

 

 

RCW 9a.36.080

Malicious harassment—Definition and criminal penalty.

(1) A person is guilty of malicious harassment if he or she maliciously and intentionally commits one of the following acts because of his or her perception of the victim's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, or sensory handicap:

(a) Causes physical injury to the victim or another person;

(b) Causes physical damage to or destruction of the property of the victim or another person; or

(c) Threatens a specific person or group of persons and places that person, or members of the specific group of persons, in reasonable fear of harm to person or property. The fear must be a fear that a reasonable person would have under all the circumstances. For purposes of this section, a "reasonable person" is a reasonable person who is a member of the victim's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation, or who has the same mental, physical, or sensory handicap as the victim. Words alone do not constitute malicious harassment unless the context or circumstances surrounding the words indicate the words are a threat. Threatening words do not constitute malicious harassment if it is apparent to the victim that the person does not have the ability to carry out the threat.

所有跟帖： 

• 請問檸檬椰子汁，在哪裏可以查到各州關於Assault 的定義？謝謝你 -田地芳- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 18:35:08

• 你有雇律師的權利，如果你請不起，法庭會給你指定一個 -檸檬椰子汁- ♂ (44 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 18:54:05

• 關鍵是沒有錄音，錄像上隻看見吵架，她說要殺人也沒證據 -檸檬椰子汁- ♂ (70 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 18:57:13

• 我也傾向於認為罵人也是一種assault, 本案中那人緊追不舍還靠近了身罵人。 -蓍草為yarrow- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 21:06:50

• 不論如何,當事人不能自行執法. -單身老貓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 21:41:27

• 明白，對方罵人的時候，我就可以press charge against 她，而不是作勢去打她。 -蓍草為yarrow- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 21:53:00

• 錯了 -單身老貓- ♂ (110 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 22:14:59

• 避開就算了？我覺得我可以先避開，再press charge agasint 她，是這樣嗎？ -蓍草為yarrow- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 22:38:12

• 你會浪費你自己的生命 去 press charge 一隻瘋狗嗎? -單身老貓- ♂ (88 bytes) () 08/06/2016 postreply 06:39:59

• 正當防衛 -有碼無門- ♀ (105 bytes) () 08/07/2016 postreply 10:08:12