[Husker] Purify Arrested

[Dick Karre]

Mark Landin wrote:
> If the charge remains as just assault, remember that this means Purify
> did not actually injure or touch anyone. Basically, yelling at someone
> to the point they felt uncomfortable, confronted, or threatened, is
> assault. I'm not sure just what happened, but if there were an actual
> physical element to this incident there would likely be battery
> charges attached also.

That is correct as a technical matter, but news media typically do not 
honor the distinction. The newspaper accounts make it pretty clear that 
Purify is accused of "battering" a couple people.

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Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net