> > on the street with a camera and tried to take a close-up.
> I might break your phone. How difficult would it be to sue me and for what purpose?
Easily. Damaging someone else's property is not even remotely on the same level as taking a photo of someone? How do I know it wasn't their _job_ to do so?
Honestly if you think that level of escalation is okay I hope to never meet you in person.
And trust me I find people taking photos of me creepy also but it's easier to block my face myself than to smash the person's device and expect to walk away.
Then it is not assault. See? The problems already started. The best you can get after an ardous process is an apology and a reinboursement, the worst would be it coming back at you.
Where I live, they recently declared gazing at a woman "indecently" as a small sexual crime, same as unrequested flirtatious comments to strangers. I have grabbed phones before, but I admit I haven't broken any. YMMV
> I might break your phone. How difficult would it be to sue me and for what purpose?
Easily. Damaging someone else's property is not even remotely on the same level as taking a photo of someone? How do I know it wasn't their _job_ to do so?
Honestly if you think that level of escalation is okay I hope to never meet you in person.
And trust me I find people taking photos of me creepy also but it's easier to block my face myself than to smash the person's device and expect to walk away.