In Hays County, Texas I accompanied my father to an eviction.
We were walking through the building when the man being
evicted started to yell at my father. He continued to yell till we
left the building. We said nothing back. I just tried to get my
father out of there as quickly as possible. I called the constable who was in charge of the eviction. He didn’t answer
his phone, so I called the sheriff. They came out and basically
just talked to the guy and told us they were sorry to sound rude
but we should just leave. I am still very angry about this and would like to know if there is any law against yelling at the
elderly and especially ones with Alzheimer’s..
There is no Law that states that a person cannot yell or insult another person, or else a whole lot more people would be in jail.
The only known laws that I know of that could apply would be disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct (but only if another person in the vicinity was offended or disturbed by the man’s words or profanity). If he he was being vulgar and using profanity, some States and localities actually have profanity laws (such as VA. Beach for example). If the yelling was racially motivated (which you would have to prove), it could be classified as a hate crime, but only if physical violence was involved.
December 18th, 2009 at 10:09 am
sorry but the first amendamant includes freedom of speech and unless he was saying threatening things then no u cant press charges
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December 18th, 2009 at 10:54 am
sorry to say this but your dad probley doesnt remember it. I used to take care of Alzheimers residents and unless he does maybe you should yell at him. or if you need then call the non emergency #
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December 18th, 2009 at 11:27 am
yes you can it is classed as a tort which is verbal assault on a individual
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precidents under the act of the law of tort
December 18th, 2009 at 11:35 am
While highly undesireable it is not illegal to yell at someone. Unless
1. They threaten you with bodily injury
2. Or commit Libel
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December 18th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
There is no Law that states that a person cannot yell or insult another person, or else a whole lot more people would be in jail.
The only known laws that I know of that could apply would be disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct (but only if another person in the vicinity was offended or disturbed by the man’s words or profanity). If he he was being vulgar and using profanity, some States and localities actually have profanity laws (such as VA. Beach for example). If the yelling was racially motivated (which you would have to prove), it could be classified as a hate crime, but only if physical violence was involved.
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December 18th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I doubt there is any law against it. If he had physically assaulted your father, or threatened to, that would be different. My dad has early onset AD; he got violent in a restaurant and we had to call the police (yes, WE called the police, not the restaurant). Someone outside the restaurant was laughing at my father (who can barely speak) as he tried to talk to the police. My mother yelled at them to stop laughing at someone who was sick and the police told my MOM to shut up and said nothing to those mocking my father.
I’m a little confused why you would bring someone with Alzheimer’s to a situation that was bound to be confrontational. If I had to go to something like that, I’d leave my dad at home. It’s just asking for trouble.
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Alzheimer’s Association: http://www.alz.org
my Alzheimer’s blog: http://alzheimersdad.blogspot.com