I might call it bananaing, but that does not make it correct.Rex B wrote:Typical road-rage situation, one driver makes menacing gestures and moves his vehicle as to collide with the other. 2nd driver holds up his .38 revolver as to say "Don't mess with me".
I would call that brandishing,
THERE IS NO CHARGE IN TEXAS OF BRANDISHING!!!!!THERE IS NO CHARGE IN TEXAS OF BRANDISHING!!!!!even though it was neither pointed nor fired at the other driver. But in this case, sounds like "Disorderly Conduct" is the correct charge.
Based on arrest reports in recent years, I would expect this to be trumped up to "Making a Terroristic Threat". It makes me mad to see LEOs or DAs use anti-terror laws to punish citizens beyond the intent to the lawmakers.
And the Terroristic threats law was in effect WAY before today's type of terrorism.
§22.07. Terroristic threat.
(a) A person commits an offense if he threatens to commit any
offense involving violence to any person or property with intent to:
(1) cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an official
or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;
(2) place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury;
(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a building;
room; place of assembly; place to which the public has access; place
of employment or occupation; aircraft, automobile, or other form of
conveyance; or other public place;
(4) cause impairment or interruption of public
communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power
supply or other public service;
(5) place the public or a substantial group of the public in
fear of serious bodily injury; or
(6) influence the conduct or activities of a branch or agency
of the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of
the state.
This is not an anti-terror law, as would apply to terrorism as we think of it today.
