Guilty of Meanness: City Contemplates Criminal Penalties for 'Bullies'

Criminal law should be reserved for extreme misbehavior

Evan Bernick, --May 8, 2014

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Ever texted something less than civil? Something that could be considered “mean,” even?
If you do it a few times in the city of Carson, Calif., you could be found guilty of a crime. Carson is considering an ordinance that would criminalize bullying, defined as “a willful course of conduct which involves harassment of a person(s) from kindergarten through age 25.” According to the ordinance, “harassment” includes conduct that “would cause a person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed or molested and which serves no legitimate purpose.” Violation of the ordinance would be a misdemeanor. More...

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