Spitting on a person, if racially motivated, can be prosecuted criminally as a hate crime of aggravated harassment, a Manhattan Criminal Court judge ruled. Judge Suzanne M. Mondo wrote that spitting can constitute "offensive physical contact" within the meaning of the aggravated harassment statute. She turned aside a defense motion to dismiss the charges on the grounds that the accused did not touch the victim with any part of his body.
January 25, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Spitting on a person, if racially motivated, can be prosecuted criminally as a hate crime of aggravated harassment, a Manhattan Criminal Court judge has ruled.
Judge Suzanne M. Mondo, of the Criminal Court of New York City, wrote that spitting can constitute “offensive physical contact” within the meaning of the aggravated harassment statute.
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