Scape Scape:
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Intimidation - Intimidation (also called cowing) is intentional behavior that "would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" to fear injury or harm. It is not necessary to prove that the behavior was so violent as to cause mean terror or that the victim was actually frightened.
Terrorism as a tactic should never be endorsed. It is a Pandora's box. I do not see this a valid deflection because of the precedent it sets that it is OK to harass public officials without cause. There is a myriad of options available to prove a case but they thought intimidation was valid. Not cool.
Claiming that a private eye following someone is terrorism is fucking laughable. The government is following hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of private citizens daily. They probably have a thick file on everyone hanging out on this site. Do we get to claim intimidation? Does the government remove their tracking devices, phone taps, interceps, etc. when we complain about it? Fuck no they don't. They double down on their efforts. The government can follow people all day and all night but private eyes can't? I call bullshit!
Why would a private eye following someone cause a person of ordinary sensibilities to fear injury or harm? Perhaps you could cite some of those numerous cases where a private eye following someone has injured or harmed the person that they were following? I'll wait. If they were doing their job right, you would not know that they were following you. The fact that someone caught on to the fact that they were being followed points to ineptitude, not intimidation.
The intimidation piece that you posted sounds like it was written by a bunch of pussys to me. "Oh officer there is a black man sitting in a car on my street. I am so afraid for my life. Please help me!!!" Happens all the time. "Officer there is an indian walking around my store for over five minutes now. He has not bought anything yet. I am afraid that he is casing the store for a robbery. Please come right away!!!" Youtube is full of videos with those two scenarios. Then we get to see the subject forced to sit or lie on the ground like a dog. We see the subjects forced to ID to the police because "we got a call!!!"
Could we be a bigger bunch of candy asses and Karens?