To emphasize your point: In that kind of weather, merely pouring a bucket of water over someone's head can be enough to kill them, depending on how quickly they

To emphasize your point: In that kind of weather, merely pouring a bucket of water over someone's head can be enough to kill them, depending on how quickly they can get inside. Hopefully these protestors were able to quickly get medical care, because being wet miles away from civilization in sub-freezing weather is definitely a medical emergency. For that reason, I would consider use of the hose in this context to be assault with a deadly weapon.