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Holding a knife to someone's throat is far more than harassment... as in that is straight up intent to kill someone. Dude needs a fair trial where all these fa
by exabrial 3y ago
Holding a knife to someone's throat is far more than harassment... as in that is straight up intent to kill someone. Dude needs a fair trial where all these facts are checked, and if true, needs a life sentence. There is 0 room for that sort of behavior in a civilized society.
I don't want to detract from the cause here, but I think there is an important distinction: Cruz (alleged knife guy), was not a conference attendee. He was "just a guy in the bar":
> At the time, Cruz was working for Reveal, an electronic discovery company. Reveal confirmed to NPR that Cruz was an employee at the company but "was not invited by Reveal to attend Legalweek (not a badged attendee)" nor was Cruz "present at any Legalweek-sanctioned event."
I would put this in the category of low quality reporting unfortunately. I _thought_ this was going to be about male attendees harassing female attendees, which I believe to be the desired focus of female attendees, from what I understand.
Perhaps I'm wrong? I think what happened is a serious issue, but it is miscategorized.
- cwillu 3y ago“Cruz now faces misdemeanor charges of harassment, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, according to a criminal court complaint from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Cruz has pleaded not guilty in this case.”