Throwing Pies

[Snitza]

Is throwing pies at a public figure like a politician, or radio host considered assault? Is there any kind of legal backlash for such an action?

[Nachie]

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First and foremost: Do not ever expect to get legit legal advice from the Internet. If you're really interested, consult a lawyer but otherwise have no certainty of anything. I recommend the National Lawyers Guild.

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With that disclaimer out of the way, I believe it would be up to the "target" whether or not to sue you for assault. The International Confectionary Brigade (or whatever) has been pieing people for years and tends to get away with it, even though their members are detained a lot of the time.

You also have other things to consider like for example if you pie a radio host at his console and some of the cream gets in the machinery or whatever, the station might have a case for destruction of property. That's kind of an outlandish example, but it's something to factor in.

All that said, your primary concern should be on how you're going to escape, and if that goes well then it really shouldn't matter if they want to press charges or not ;)

[Nachie]

I just Googled Pieing, Politicians, and Assault (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=pieing+politicians+assault) and it looks like a good number of people have indeed been convicted, though the jail time is hardly serious... I'd be more worried about any potential fines.

Also see: Wiki on "Pieing" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieing)

Also take into consideration whether or not you are under 18...

[RevMARKSman]

I never thought it would come to this... :lol:

But seriously, consider the legal implications first. You can get sued for almost anything these days.

Example:


A Charlotte, NC, man having purchased a box of very rare, very expensive cigars insured them against fire among other things.

Within a month of having smoked his entire stockpile of cigars and without having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the insurance company.

In his claim, the man stated the cigars were "lost in a series of small fires".

The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.

The man sued... and won!

In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed that the claim was frivolous. He stated, nevertheless, that the man held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure against fire, without defining what is considered to be 'unacceptable fire', and was obligated to pay the claim.

Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid the man $15,000. for the rare cigars he had lost in the 'fires'.

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After the man cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of arson.

With his insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the man was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000. fine.

This is a true story and it won the 1999 Criminal Darwin Award.

[bayano]

firstly, strong support for nachie's important note that u shouldnt trust legal info from the web, and its hard to trust it from lawyers too, cuz even the most experienced lawyers have been thru every type of case. it would really matter where u are, and if ur in the usa, it still depends hugely on state and city laws.

i do have it on good authority tho that puking on a cop here in chicago is misdemeanor disorderly conduct, which is typically a throw-away charge.

[Comrade Marcel]

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[Zero]

Who the fuck cares if throwing a pie is assault or not? If a politician is going to charge you with criminal charges for throwing a piece of fucking food at him, I doubt he would get elected to anywhere.

Besides, if you wear a mask, and you get away pretty fast, they don't ever have to know.