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As for laws regarding assault against officials, sometimes if there is a need, special sections, variations, or clarifications of existing laws are useful. And I agree, the Pats look pretty good right now... |
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I guess those are the two things I saw that could be considered positive:
(1) It increases public awareness that it just isn't acceptable to threaten a sports official. (2) It puts teeth into existing laws that, for whatever reason, weren't being enforced. I've been threatened at a car in the past by irate....idiots is the only word that comes to mind now. Technically assault, but I've been conditioned that this kind of abuse is something I signed up for when I chose to be an official -- I hopped in the car and got out of town. Looking at that and examining it objectively -- why should a stranger be able to come up to another human being at a car and shout and scream and threaten that other person just because they were officiating a sports event? Maybe you're right -- maybe it will take legislation and the subsequent enforcement of that legislation in order to get people to realize that they need to act better. But will these new laws be enforced in the same haphazard and inconsistent fashion as the existing assault laws? Will officials still be expected to take mor ethan the average citizen because of the role they play? Will be interesting to see. All I know is that this new law affects me, since I do work games in Illinois from time to time. Rich |
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