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Law Practice

Jul. 28, 2010

Don't Let Your Bubble Cross My Bubble

Ever heard of an "assault by bubble?" Well, a protestor at the G20 Summit was threatened with arrest for this very act, by Donald J. Kochan of Chapman University School of Law.

By Donald J. Kochan

In late June, a police officer in Toronto threatened to make an arrest for "assault by bubble." You see, a protestor at the G20 Summit was blowing soap bubbles in the officer's general direction. The police admonished the protestor that if one of her blown bubbles intersected with the person of any officer, she would commit a crime. The Toronto bubble blowing affair irresistibly occasions a discussion on perhaps the most ...

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