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bigtime_porgrammer t1_is5f9jr wrote

Reply to comment by coma24 in No charges after beer thrown at comedian, Point Pleasant Beach police say by JMcLooneAPP

The part about not returning to Point Pleasant sounded like a joke to me. The article also said:

>On Tuesday, Point Pleasant Beach police said they also had been in touch with Elias, but said she could not see who threw the beer because of the stage lights and declined to sign a complaint.

That's a mature and responsible position - she could have easily gone along with pointing the finger at the guy everyone else identified. She probably also figures it's better for her career to show that she won the fight with the hecklers herself, right there on the stage. No more justice needed from her perspective, despite many people having the understandable reaction that the guy should face actual consequences.

Also, interesting that the article said he was identified by his companions. In the video, you can hear someone off camera saying something like, "I'm never going out with you guys again".

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StriderTB t1_is5i55q wrote

It annoys me that being charged is predicated on her signing a complaint. The act happened regardless.

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bigtime_porgrammer t1_is5jio7 wrote

That's one path to him getting charged. Apparently the club is pressing charges.

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ReverseMermaidMorty t1_is75eit wrote

Makes sense, won’t help the club’s reputation if performers are at risk for being assaulted on stage there without consequences.

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sutisuc t1_is5iqlx wrote

If you want to charge someone with a crime you have to be able to have someone who will attest to actually observing the crime. I don’t know what other alternative you’d like?

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StriderTB t1_is5kvg0 wrote

There was a room full of people who can attest to it.

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sutisuc t1_is5l6e0 wrote

That’s implying those people would want to and then follow through with a case involving strangers going forward. You also have to get a victim to attest to it causing them to feel harm, threatened, etc, so either way she’d have to be involved

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StriderTB t1_is5lrrq wrote

It's just amazing that the party of law, order, and personal responsibility (lol) always manages to do whatever the fuck they want, consequence-free.

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sutisuc t1_is5nr4h wrote

Yeah I mean no argument from me there but that’s probably also a factor in why the comedian doesn’t want to bother in the first place

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GitEmSteveDave t1_is70jay wrote

Can't she e-sign it? Or do a zoom where she swears out the complaint? Didn't COVID teach us anything?

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