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Runner who smacked a reporter's backside on air now faces charges

Rogue Valley said:
A runner who smacked a reporter's backside on air now faces charges

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Thomas Callaway committing sexual battery on TV reporter Alex Bozarjian on camera.



I think Callaway is only sorry now because he was arrested and charged. He is reportedly a Youth Minister and a Boy Scout leader.

An apparent cheap sex thrill artist, this makes me wonder how many other female backsides he smacked or grabbed during the Savannah marathon event.

And just for legal clarity, putting your unwanted hands on someone is simple battery, not simple assault. Doing so to the opposite gender is sexual battery. Doing so with malicious harm is aggravated [sexual] battery, a felony. Sexual battery "first-offense" in Georgia is a misdemeanor of a high nature, punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $5,000. Do this again and you're looking at 5 years in prison.
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Every 'youth minister' I've ever met has been a really odd, creepy invidivual.
 
mike2810 said:
So you are considering the swat on the butt is equal to "rape". Prime example of over reacting.
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Blaming the victim kinda transcends. He actually blamed the reporter. It doesn't get any more pro rape than that.

There's literally nothing anyone could say that would be more in support of rape than his post. Flat approval of rape is not as robust support as blaming the victim. "It's okay" pales in comparison to "they deserve it".

Get it? That's pro rape. It's not tacit approval. It's encouragement. It's not luke warm about it. It's "do it".
 
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Drawdown said:
Some people are correct and others will pursue the victim narrative.
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Do you have a list of the crimes for which you think the appropriate penalty should be mere apology? If not a full list, at least some more examples?

Should we get the official laws rewritten, or should it just be an unwritten rule that no matter what penalty the official code says a person should get, it is enough for the criminal to apologize when caught?

Please give some details.
 
trouble13 said:
Is that supposed to be a justification for him receiving a harsher sentence than she got?

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No, it's a statement of fact. There's nothing to "justify".

If he receives a harsher sentence than that woman did, that's just how it goes.

You are harping on some vague sense of "fairness", which is irrelevant to the law.

It's not "fair" that if I get pulled over with an ounce of marijuana in Virginia, I could be arrested - whereas if I were pulled over with an ounce of marijuana in DC, I would be allowed on my way. But it's still fact.
 
trouble13 said:
Except its not the tenor of the times. Just this year we had a similiar incident and this is what the courts ruled.


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To give this guy anything harsher than what that young lady recieved would be excessive and misandrist. They are both guility of essentially the same crime.
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By "tenor of the times," I meant "Me Too."
 
mike2810 said:
What evidence do you have that the swat was a "sex thrill"? So tired of people taking this thing beyond reason.
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Why else do it? Because it was a Friday? Because that is what Youth Ministers are trained to do? Because women like to be assaulted by strangers?

Geezus. Some dudes just don't understand propriety or what it means to be civil and a gentleman.
 
Drawdown said:
He shouldn't have but I think they are making too much out of this.
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How so? Sexual battery is a crime. So is battery. I strongly doubt Tommy the former Boy Scout leader would have smacked a cop on the ass as he ran by. Why the difference?
 
Tanngrisnir said:
Every 'youth minister' I've ever met has been a really odd, creepy invidivual.
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Maybe their church allows, or even requires, all of the men to rub the butts of all the women. You know, in a playful, pranksterish manner.
 
ocean515 said:
He needs to be killed. I don't condone his action, but clearly he has failed to incorporate the woke attitudes all citizens must adhere to.

As a result, he must be eliminated from the human race.
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Ahh, you must have heard he's a Democrat or anti-Trump.
 
Drawdown said:
The way I saw the video is she was doing her stand up and was getting in the way of the running lane. The people running for fun as opposed to win at all cost were hamming it up and having fun for the camera and he probably got a little too in the moment without intending to offend or harass or anything else her. She lost her composure on camera and then decided to play victim rather than appear as if it was her fault. That is the way I see it at least.
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Of course you do. I think jurors will see it differently. Time will tell.
 
Rising Sun said:
How so? Sexual battery is a crime. So is battery. I strongly doubt Tommy the former Boy Scout leader would have smacked a cop on the ass as he ran by. Why the difference?
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When she is on national TV not addressing his apology because she is too busy taking back her power to even think about it as she put it, they are making too much of this. that is the difference.
 
Drawdown said:
When she is on national TV not addressing his apology because she is too busy taking back her power to even think about it as she put it, they are making too much of this. that is the difference.
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I have no idea WTF you are talking about.
 
Rising Sun said:
I have no idea WTF you are talking about.
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He is saying that the victim is at fault for not letting the attacker manipulate her response to being attacked.
 
TheDoctorWasIn said:
No, it's a statement of fact. There's nothing to "justify".

If he receives a harsher sentence than that woman did, that's just how it goes.

You are harping on some vague sense of "fairness", which is irrelevant to the law.

It's not "fair" that if I get pulled over with an ounce of marijuana in Virginia, I could be arrested - whereas if I were pulled over with an ounce of marijuana in DC, I would be allowed on my way. But it's still fact.
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In your view what is a fair sentence for him?

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nota bene said:
By "tenor of the times," I meant "Me Too."
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I got that but you also predicted he would recieve hundreds of hours of community service. As if its an accepted social standard now. I was pointing out that its not the judical standard.

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Amelia said:
The man committed a crime against her.

None of that is her fault.

Some people think she should have been gracious and said, "That's okay, I forgive you, I won't press charges."

But others think he shouldn't have committed the crime. I'm one of those people and I am very glad that the city of Savannah or Chatham County saw fit to enforce their law against that behavior.
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I'm saying this as someone who thinks of a woman's body as merchandise. You consume the merchandise; you pay. What he did requires price negotiation. He didn't even attempt to establish whether that woman in some form was "for rent". He open and shut broke the law. I hope that he can get a good plea bargain.
 
trouble13 said:
I got that but you also predicted he would recieve hundreds of hours of community service. As if its an accepted social standard now. I was pointing out that its not the judical standard.

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If he gets hundreds of hours of community service in exchange for diversion and expunction, his only reply should be, "Thank you, your honor."
 
KevinKohler said:
I would never smack a girl on the but like that.


What happened to simply being a gentleman?
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Being a gentleman means being a sucker. However, he should have had sense enough to know the risk that he was taking and realized that the cost outweighs the benefit.
 
SDET said:
Being a gentleman means being a sucker. However, he should have had sense enough to know the risk that he was taking and realized that the cost outweighs the benefit.
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What was the benefit?
 
ecofarm said:
What was the benefit?
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He must have thought there was some benefit. Some thrill? What _is_ the reason that men have been slapping women on the butt for however long that has been going on? I don't know, but he must have thought there was something in it for him.
 
Amelia said:
He must have thought there was some benefit. Some thrill? What _is_ the reason that men have been slapping women on the butt for however long that has been going on? I don't know, but he must have thought there was something in it for him.
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Power. Rape is always about power. But if one is not a rapist... Then what possibly is the benefit? Nothing.
 
SDET said:
If he gets hundreds of hours of community service in exchange for diversion and expunction, his only reply should be, "Thank you, your honor."
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Why should he expect to be treated any differently than a woman convicted of the same crime?

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trouble13 said:
In your view what is a fair sentence for him?

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Not my position to say.

I expect that he will plead guilty,and be sentenced to some amount of community service, probation, etc. I doubt he'll spend a night in jail.
 
ecofarm said:
Power. Rape is always about power. But if one is not a rapist... Then what possibly is the benefit? Nothing.
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You're inflating this to rape. No one was raped. Lots of men see being shameless with a woman as a benefit. A benefit they are willing to pay up for.
 
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