不能同意你说的“骂人不是assault。” 骂人当然是Verbal assault, 比如华州的刑律有一下规定：

 

 

RCW 9a.36.080

Malicious harassment—Definition and criminal penalty.

(1) A person is guilty of malicious harassment if he or she maliciously and intentionally commits one of the following acts because of his or her perception of the victim's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, or sensory handicap:

(a) Causes physical injury to the victim or another person;

(b) Causes physical damage to or destruction of the property of the victim or another person; or

(c) Threatens a specific person or group of persons and places that person, or members of the specific group of persons, in reasonable fear of harm to person or property. The fear must be a fear that a reasonable person would have under all the circumstances. For purposes of this section, a "reasonable person" is a reasonable person who is a member of the victim's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation, or who has the same mental, physical, or sensory handicap as the victim. Words alone do not constitute malicious harassment unless the context or circumstances surrounding the words indicate the words are a threat. Threatening words do not constitute malicious harassment if it is apparent to the victim that the person does not have the ability to carry out the threat.

所有跟帖： 

• 请问柠檬椰子汁，在哪里可以查到各州关于Assault 的定义？谢谢你 -田地芳- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 18:35:08

• 你有雇律师的权利，如果你请不起，法庭会给你指定一个 -柠檬椰子汁- ♂ (44 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 18:54:05

• 关键是没有录音，录像上只看见吵架，她说要杀人也没证据 -柠檬椰子汁- ♂ (70 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 18:57:13

• 我也倾向于认为骂人也是一种assault, 本案中那人紧追不舍还靠近了身骂人。 -蓍草为yarrow- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 21:06:50

• 不論如何,當事人不能自行執法. -單身老貓- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 21:41:27

• 明白，对方骂人的时候，我就可以press charge against 她，而不是作势去打她。 -蓍草为yarrow- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 21:53:00

• 錯了 -單身老貓- ♂ (110 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 22:14:59

• 避开就算了？我觉得我可以先避开，再press charge agasint 她，是这样吗？ -蓍草为yarrow- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/05/2016 postreply 22:38:12

• 你會浪費你自己的生命 去 press charge 一隻瘋狗嗎? -單身老貓- ♂ (88 bytes) () 08/06/2016 postreply 06:39:59

• 正当防卫 -有码无门- ♀ (105 bytes) () 08/07/2016 postreply 10:08:12