Pretty lame. It was a heat of the moment deal. We are all human, and make mistakes. Charging him with assualt? Ridcoulous. Completly.
<< Kenneth Manley, of Boise, Idaho, objected to his picture being taken and grabbed Mrs. Rae from behind in an attempt to take her camera. The neck strap prevented him from securing the camera and caused Mrs. Rae to sustain bruises and a neck injury, for which she was later treated. >>
That sounds like assualt to me. But apparently, it was more damaging for the other party to be called a n*gger.
This method of overcompensation to prove a point, has historically been shown to widen the racial divide, and increase tensions between races.
I think it will be another couple centuries before we see true equality and racial harmony. This incident just set us back a notch.
Too bad most people are too retarded to figure that out.