What should I do if someone threatened to stab me?
I'm not sure where you're located but at least in the U.K. a threat is considered an illegal offence thus, you can report the threat to the police if you wish. It is illegal to threaten to kill under s. 16 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1891: ‘A person who without lawful excuse makes to another a threat, intending that that other would fear it would be carried out, to kill that other or a third person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years’.I sat in on a threat case in Swansea Crown Count: the Defendant had made a threat in front of a psychiatrist and a police officer that he was going to stab his pregnant girlfriend in the abdomen. For the Defendant to be convicted, the jury had to decide on whether the police and psychiatrist were in fear of the threat being carried out, not necessarily whether the threat would 100% be executed as stated. The jury found the Defendant guilty and he was given a custodial sentence. This illustrates how threat cases work in the courtroom.Your problem may be that you do not have a witness who will testify that they also believed that the threat was authentic. If there is no evidence, it'll obviously be difficult to prove.If the threat was to harm rather than murder, this would usually be a criminal offence under s. 4 Public Order Act 1986. However, bad news: under s. 4(2) Public Order Act 1986, a person does not commit a crime under s. 4 if the person issuing the threat and the person receiving the threat are in the same dwelling thus, you would not be able to go down this route.There is the possibility of suing him for the threat. Unfortunately, I do not have much knowledge of civil actions like these. There’s an interesting archaic case called Tuberville v Savage where a threat was issued in one of the Houses of Parliament and even today threats violate Tort Law. With civil actions, the judge has to decide on the verdict by who he thinks is right! Their opinion can be split as low as 51/49 where as a jury must deliberate the verdict beyond reasonable doubt (they must be around 99% sure that it the Defendant committed the crime). It really depends on what you want to gain out of this. I hope this information has helped a bit!
Is it a crime to to threaten to stab someone?
My brother is an arrogant, poncey, obsequious, sycophantic, egomanic, sociopathic abusive asshole who thinks its okay to threaten me with severe bodily harm. I ve tried a lot of things to get him to stop, even pretending to be mentally unstable. I can t fight back, because I m way smaller than him, and it always ends up badly for me. I want to know if it s actually illegal for him to threaten me, and if I can hang it over his head to get him to stop. I suck at reaserching things, and I ve looked around but haven t seen anything. I would appreciate any help I can get.
If someone threatens your life, can you kill them?
That's really more of a legal question than a psychological one. Under US law, if someone breaks into your home or threatens your life, yes you're allowed to use lethal retaliation in defence. Having said that you have to be able to PROVE they were making an attempt on your life. Courts usually aren't very lax about that kind of thing. Seeing as you posted it in the 'psychology' section, it's worth mentioning that killing another human being can have very damaging effects to your psyche.
What should I do if someone threatens my family?
To be frank, there is no clear solution to these kind of problems. Firstly it is due to the nature of the allegations. It is important as what kind of threats, you are receiving. Authorities in these kind of cases are reluctant to file or initiate any kind of probe because nothing has been done, so they will wait until something happen. So the best recourse will be for you is:Go to the nearest police station and file a complaint and take a copy of that report.If nothing happens, again go to the authorities and file a complaint. This time make a complaint before the superintendent of police. It is very unlikely that nothing happens again. If nothing happens again, the last recourse which I can think of is, judicial one.Now you can take judicial recourse by filing a complaint before the magistrate. As when judicial complaint being filed, magistrate will take cognizance of the matter and magistrate will ask for the investigation, so authorities have to act, even if the accused is a high profile person.PS: all these suggestions sound easy, but in reality they aren't. So have patience and try to talk and resolve the dispute.
What can the police do if someone threatens to hurt you?
Not much really. Generally they make contact, tell the other person to knock it off. If it’s a really elaborate threat or they make an attempt to complete on the threat they might get a ticket. If they’re doing it by phone, possibly a ticket for harassing phone calls. It’s pretty much a non event.Assault and battery are what most people think of in this situation. ‘Assault’ is the threat of unlawfully touching another. “I’m going to kick your ass.” is assault.Battery is the actual touching. So if he says it, and then pushes you, hits you whatever, you have basic a&b.Unless the other person is on probation or parole, you’re not getting jail time out of either. You get a citation and told to knock it off.You aren’t going to get a protection order based on a simple threat. You’re expected (I’m assuming you’re an adult) to deal with adult things on an adults level and figure them out. Not run to the judge every time you feel bad. Even then in general a restraining order is a civil document. You can petition for it but it by itself if granted is just a piece of paper. It’s not a charging document, it’s nothing. If you call the police and report that someone violated your restraining order, not a damn thing the police can do besides tell you to talk to your attourney. You’ll have to go to court and prove the restraining order was violated and then the judge may act.A protection order IS a criminal document and can be acted on by LE. If someone beats the crap out of you more than likely they will be give an order to stay away from you during their sentencing. If they violate that they can be arrested on site for violation of a court order. 2 vastly different documents.YMMV and different locations call the same things different things, but in general thats how it works.
What would you do if someone threatened to punch you?
One time I was headed to an educational institution we’ll call it. I was with around 4 friends. One of them had an appointment there for something.As we were looking for it (we weren’t using Google maps at this point) a 6′5 guy asked us if we know of such and such a place, and where it’s located. I said I had no idea (because I didn’t)Around 2PM we arrive there. And as we do that same guy who asked for directions seen us. Like a coward in true fashion, as he walked past me he said “I thought you didn’t know where it was you fucking prick.”Then he continued to go on with himself, making threats, saying he’s gonna do this and that to me, etc, until I responded letting him know I wasn’t about to put up with his bullshit.And what do you know? He didn’t do a thing. Didn’t fight. Didn’t punch me. He didn’t carry out any of his threats. All talk and no action.When he seen I obviously wasn’t the “victim” he was looking for, he backed down and walked off and that was the end of it.If someone threatens to punch you, they’re probably NOT going to punch you. And are full of BS.They’re just trying to scare and intimidate you. If you fall for it, then they either will punch you because #1 - you’ll do nothing about it. And #2 - they’ll verbally abuse you knowing you’ll do nothing to stand up for yourself.I’ve been in countless scenarios like this and ALL the people who said they’d punch me and “do this and do that” never did.I remember one guy hilariously started acting friendly with me after realizing I wasn’t afraid of his tough-talk.It’s all a game of psychology. And those who fear the most and don’t understand the psychology behind it become the victims.
Is it illegal to threaten to beat up someone?
I live in indiana and i want to know if theratening to beat-up someone is illegal because im wasnt for sure? but someone is theratening to beat up a 13 year old i know. So what actions can i take?
What should you do if someone threatens you physically, and he knows where you live?
The very fact that the thief was arrested means there were already charges imposed on him. He will undergo his punishment in the due course where you will be called for witness and so forth in the court. Being present in the court will help in what you want.I am guessing that you might have already informed about your missing scooter to police and that is enough for police to act further but there can not be any compensation by the thief.Answering your prime question, if someone threatens you physically or your family on any account where police can only do little effort to save you, then you must write an application to police and cc to SP of police head qrts including court to clearly indicate that you are threatened from so and so person. As that it will serve as grounds for them to act anytime if something happens to you/your family. In some serious cases, the enagement of media is also done but in your scooter case, I think a theft insurance would have given you the required compensation.Sorry for answering bit late !!
Could someone get arrested if they threaten to beat up someone?
In the UK, yes they could.Common assault isAn assault is committed when a person intentionally or recklessly causes another to apprehend the immediate infliction of unlawful force.There are also various public order offences that could be applied.Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986 states thatA person is guilty of an offence if he -(a) uses towards another person threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or(b) distributes or displays to another person any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting,
What should i do if someone threatened to beat me up?
Yesturday at school, me and a couple of friends were playing around and hitting each other with bottles. So I hit this girl Jessie. (She was playing too) She said "Why did you hit me? don't hit me again. I don't know you." So i replied "You let them hit you." Then her and Kelly pushed me and Jessie said "Im going to beat your ***" So I said "Beat my ***" Then she replied "You know outside the gym, meet me there after school." I just walked away. Then today Kelly said "Why didn't you show up." I replied "I didn't show up because I didn't want to waste my time beating up losers like you two." Then she told me to shut the F*** up and called me a B****. When we got to the locker room, I heard Jessie saying that she was going to beat me up.Now I'm scared to go into the locker room. Im really scared but i dont want to tell my mom