It is a criminal offense to engage in the battery of another person. Battery is also know as assault and is defined under Chapter 9 Section 242 of the Penal Code as "any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another". Force can include verbal force as well as physical.
Section 243.8 specifies prohibition of such actions against sports officials. On no less than three occasions, Oliver Maxwell Canby has used verbal force towards a sports official in the social media using such violent language that can not and should not be ignored. It is not a defense that the official concerned was in another country. The battery took place immediately before the contest that the sports official was officiating and therefore should be construed as a violation of the section concerned.
In the above instances, Title 1 Section 25 (a) prevents any claim to diminished capacity.
In the above instances, the call for assistance to commit the act is also violation of Title 2 Section 31.
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