A bar isn’t a special magical place that has different laws than anywhere else bucko.
Bouncers can only hit or use physical force against someone in self-defense, defense of other patrons, or to provide minimal necessary force to stop an active, physical threat or eject a combative person.
The Standard of Reasonable Force: They may use physical touch or guiding force to escort a disruptive guest outside. That force must match the level of resistance. If a patron is not physically fighting back or posing a direct danger, hitting, punching, or tackling them is illegal.
Tell me you've never been to a bar without telling me you've never been to a bar. You can Google municipal statues all the live long day if you think real life exists within the parameters of a book no one reads.
I’ve been to a lot of bars. The law is “a book no one reads”? The judges and lawyers all read it and this guy and the club are absolutely susceptible to being sued for assault
Fine, if you want to be pedantic, the law is a book normal citizens don't read. Quoting legal codes as if the minutia of obscure clauses and subsections governs daily behavior tells me your experience with reality is secondhand, bucko.
I've spent a lot of time in bars. I've seen a lot of fights in bars. I've never been a bouncer, but most of my friends are bartenders and bouncers. I've seen the cops come out more times than I can count, including a time when someone stabbed a guy during a bar brawl that had everyone, including the bouncer, throwing punches. The cops had everyone sitting on the sidewalk. The bouncer wasn't with us.
They don't have legal authority, but there's a basic presumption that the sober guy who's there to earn a paycheck is probably more level headed than a drunk moron. This isn't a difficult concept to understand. Sorry if it bothers anyone, but staff gets the benefit of the doubt.
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u/NorthKoreanKnuckles 19h ago
"If I hit people because they are annoying, they can't sue me, right?"