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This sure looks like it to me. Moving footage. The waitress even immediately touches the spot he hit---she said he wacked her pretty hard. And why would the police charge him with assault after reviewing the tape if he didn't make actual physical contact?
It doesnt look too hard in the video, but damn, it was creepy as hell. He had to stretch to reach her, so it clearly wasnt an "accident".
"Locke was charged with forcible touching, a Class A misdemeanor punishable with up to a year in jail or three years’ probation. Upon conviction, the violation does not require a person to register as a sex offender, unless the victim is younger than 18 or it is not the attacker’s first sex-related conviction....."
"Forcible Touching" sounds about right. I hope his wife gives him hell over this.
I'm not defending the guy, but an old man who slapped a woman's rear end must have done something else wrong?
Right or wrong, when this guy was young, slapping a woman's rear end was probably a fairly acceptable practice. But, according to you, an old guy who is possibly just out-of-touch with current culture must also be a criminal?
Nothing like making a snap judgement about people based on minimal data, right?
65 old? Sheesh. I am only a few years shy of this guy's age and husband is one year shy and it was never acceptable to slap someone you didn't know on the rear end. The only thing that might excuse his behavior is if he has Alzheimer's or other dementia's that alter acceptable behavior. AGAIN 65 isn't old.
This sure looks like it to me. Moving footage. The waitress even immediately touches the spot he hit---she said he wacked her pretty hard. And why would the police charge him with assault after reviewing the tape if he didn't make actual physical contact?
For all you people saying no it's never been acceptable, I take it you never went to a bar, or a low end breakfast place after a night out, back in the seventies or eighties? Let me assure you that it was hardly unheard of. As a high school/college kid at some of my first jobs, this was SOP for a lot of these places.
65 old? Sheesh. I am only a few years shy of this guy's age and husband is one year shy and it was never acceptable to slap someone you didn't know on the rear end. The only thing that might excuse his behavior is if he has Alzheimer's or other dementia's that alter acceptable behavior. AGAIN 65 isn't old.
65 is not old at all. That's not an age where people are likely to have dementia, either. There are no excuses.
For all you people saying no it's never been acceptable, I take it you never went to a bar, or a low end breakfast place after a night out, back in the seventies or eighties? Let me assure you that it was hardly unheard of. As a high school/college kid at some of my first jobs, this was SOP for a lot of these places.
I saw and welcomed the change in the 90s. A relative worked at a large burger chain which had rogue mgr slap another female employee's butt, as he told her the next task she had to do.
Corp was called, and when he reported for his next shift, he was fired.immediately.for cause.
A slap on the butt deserves a slap back on the face, not criminal charges. And no I'm not condoning slapping a stranger's butt, no matter how juicy it looks. I'm just saying the punishment should fit the offense.
A slap on the butt deserves a slap back on the face, not criminal charges. And no I'm not condoning slapping a stranger's butt, no matter how juicy it looks. I'm just saying the punishment should fit the offense.
I'm all for charging this guy, but jail time seems pointless and a waste of taxpayer money. A nice hefty fine, community service, and mandatory classes for some kind of sensitivity awareness or something seems like it would be more fitting. Maybe send him to speak at senior centers or something.
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