Brilliant move on the communication director in the beginning, but he got a little aggressive with the camerawomen towards the end which ended up with him looking like an ass. The reporter's body language towards the Asian woman was rather imposing and to have it turned back on him with a repeated gentle tap on the shoulder was pretty funny.

Mr. Communication Director is an idiot and is lucky he didn't receive a broken arm for his repeated physical assaults. Make no mistake, it IS assault and the reporter would have had every right to strike back to prevent the unwanted contact after repeatedly warning him. Which is not to say that he should have, only that he could have done so without legal repercussions.

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/me touches YOU!

That's complicated. The reporter was a close talker of almost Seinfeldian proportions, and then mr Passive Agreesive - Mark? Mike? - really started fucking with him.

Thanks for the context, bleedmegood.

@NetRunner is a terrible state employee.

*quality statism.

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Mark, the newest face of administrative greed and corruption.

>> ^kymbos:

That's complicated. The reporter was a close talker of almost Seinfeldian proportions, and then mr Passive Agreesive - Mark? Mike? - really started fucking with him.
Thanks for the context, bleedmegood.


Indeed, kymbos. Mark/Mike's gentle tap seemed at first to be a great combo breaker for the typical, sometimes-excessive, sometimes-misplaced investigative reporter bullying, but his continued use of the tap attack got a little predictable. Depending on which side you'd root for, I'd recommend the reporter open up with a Hadouken to start round 2 to move PR dude off his spot, while PR dude can perhaps pull a Scorpion/Get Over Here from the back row of seats to prevent the reporter from getting too far into the room.

Reporter should have called police, would have made some nice headlines. "Channel 7 employees physically assaulted when trying to investigate corruption at local hospital." It's not as if they don't have plenty of video evidence to back up the claims, the camera grab looks especially bad cuz PR dude's mask was slipping.

PR dude made a stink and then called it off by blaming the guy and gal he was grabbing on.

that was just strange.

i've never really found a satisfactory translation of this concept in english:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_fem_hersketeknikker

What was this about? Something to do with a hospital and funds?

Hey, that's Dan Noyes with "7 on your side" (Bay Area local news channel) !

"7 on your Side" is a Bay Area institution; he does these all the time to chase down people who are typically up to something screwy. In this case, using donation funds for patient care for gourmet food for staff:

He's a badass, and he's ridiculously tall, so it's sort of hard NOT to be imposing. Works well for his line of work, I'd say . I'm a big fan

>> ^blankfist:

@NetRunner is a terrible state employee.


Don't touch me.

I bet he's a big Facebook poker...

Reminds me of this little tune.>> ^NetRunner:

>> ^blankfist:
@NetRunner is a terrible state employee.

Don't touch me.

>> ^Longswd:

Mr. Communication Director is an idiot and is lucky he didn't receive a broken arm for his repeated physical assaults. Make no mistake, it IS assault and the reporter would have had every right to strike back to prevent the unwanted contact after repeatedly warning him. Which is not to say that he should have, only that he could have done so without legal repercussions.

napes...http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/assault

Because there was no obvious intent to harm the individual, it would be obvious that this is not assault.

That being said. A better approach would be to talk louder and interrupt him. Totally legal. Chances are it might incite the reporter to commit a crime.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'reporter, mr touchy, town hall, wtf' to 'reporter, mr touchy, town hall, wtf, dan noyes, marc slavin, laguna honda hospital' - edited by kronosposeidon

It seems obvious to me that Marc Slavin's intent was to irritate the reporter as much as possible in the hopes of having him lose his cool, and then blame him for disrupting the meeting, thereby requiring its cancellation. Slick. I'd have broken the fucker's hand.

@MaxWilder apparently thinks along the same lines as I do.

>> ^lavoll:

that was just strange.
i've never really found a satisfactory translation of this concept in english:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_fem_hersketeknikker


and that's why you linked to an article in Norwegian so that nobody else can read it?

I wouldn't have just broken his hand, I've have totally broken his whole body. Including limbs that weren't even involved in that interaction.

I'm actually a really tough guy, and I know lots of differnt moves that your average person doesn't even know about. They're basically secret government moves - I can't really talk about them here. As long as you get the key message - I'm really tough. On the internet.

This is how we say hello in San Francisco.

(P.S. I have a meeting after the meeting.)

I wanted nothing more than to see the reporter jack that guy in the mouth. Obviously he would have been in the wrong, but as soon as he touched the camera woman, I would have had at him. Unacceptable & a more easily defended line that Slavin crossed. >> ^Xax:

It seems obvious to me that Marc Slavin's intent was to irritate the reporter as much as possible in the hopes of having him lose his cool, and then blame him for disrupting the meeting, thereby requiring its cancellation. Slick. I'd have broken the fucker's hand.

According to this web site, battery in California is "any willful and unlawful touch that is harmful and/or offensive." They go on to state "The slightest touch is sufficient for a battery if it is done in a (1) rude, (2) angry, or (3) disrespectful manner. The bottom line is that any unwarranted and unjustifiable touch suffices to trigger a California simple battery."

I would say that since the reporter clearly stated his desire to not be touched multiple times, it would constitute "rude" and/or "disrespectful" touching, which is assault (the attempt to cause battery) and battery (an assault that comes in contact with the victim). It is even a clearer assault and battery when he pushes the camera around.

Bottom line people, you can't touch somebody without their consent. You can't even make it look like you are going to touch them without their consent. Those offenses might not get you convicted by a jury, but somebody could put you through a crap-load of legal troubles.
>> ^rottenseed:

>> ^Longswd:
Mr. Communication Director is an idiot and is lucky he didn't receive a broken arm for his repeated physical assaults. Make no mistake, it IS assault and the reporter would have had every right to strike back to prevent the unwanted contact after repeatedly warning him. Which is not to say that he should have, only that he could have done so without legal repercussions.

napes...http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/assault
Because there was no obvious intent to harm the individual, it would be obvious that this is not assault.
That being said. A better approach would be to talk louder and interrupt him. Totally legal. Chances are it might incite the reporter to commit a crime.

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^lavoll:
that was just strange.
i've never really found a satisfactory translation of this concept in english:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_fem_hersketeknikker

and that's why you linked to an article in Norwegian so that nobody else can read it?


Done

Is what the one guy doing (touching) any more rude or impersonal than what the reporter is doing to the woman?

I love that, according to some of the comments, the seemingly appropriate response for someone patting you on the shoulder after you ask them not to is to break their arm or whole body. Wouldn't it have been better if the reporter had just recognized what this a$$hat was doing and given him a big hug while cramming the mic in his face and asking a flurry of questions? Then he could have started humping Mark/Mike's leg to really turn the tables. That's what I call the "Bill Murray" style of conflict negotiation.
That would have made a MUCH more interesting video.

>> ^Spoon_Gouge:

Is what the one guy doing (touching) any more rude or impersonal than what the reporter is doing to the woman?


I think so, yeah.

QFT!!!

>> ^My_design:

Wouldn't it have been better if the reporter had just recognized what this a$$hat was doing and given him a big hug while cramming the mic in his face and asking a flurry of questions?

>> ^Djevel:

Brilliant move on the communication director in the beginning, but he got a little aggressive with the camerawomen towards the end which ended up with him looking like an ass. The reporter's body language towards the Asian woman was rather imposing and to have it turned back on him with a repeated gentle tap on the shoulder was pretty funny.


I could not possibly disagree with you more. This absolute fucking mong made himself and his cause look like a scientology-style mental(/physical) attack specifically designed to LOOK GOOD to knowlessmen but completely distract and anger the recipient of the passive aggressive bullshit.

If anyone did that to me, they'd get warned twice, politely disengaged once, harshly disengaged twice, then shoved away from me with a warning. After that i'm looking to shove him onto the floor where i no longer feel threatened.

I cannot understand in any way, shape or form how anyone could watch that video and think that the moron did the graceful thing. As soon as he stood on his tiptoes towards my face, i'm taking that as an attempt at a headbutt and i'd flatten him. You cannot behave like that, you just can't. That sort of behaviour is unacceptable in society.

If someone politely asks you to stop infringing on their personal space, you better fucking stop infringing on their personal space. People like him disgust me more than a standard and obvious schoolyard bully. At least they don't pretend to be anything else.

How gloriously awkward.

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Cue Neil Diamond...

"Hands... touching hands... reaching out
Touching me, touching you~~~~"