I posted a link to the law in California regarding domestic abuse. Damaging property was not listed.so most people damage other peoples property or hit walls? I don’t think so
don’t have a clue about the law in the US but there is the domestic abuse scotland act which states that any act of causing someone you are in a relationship with or have been (average person) fear and alarm is chargeable under the act. Deliberately breaking your partners properly or smashing things up in front of them is an act of abuse as it puts the person in a state of fear or alarm.
I think this is the problem - people say that this or that is "domestic abuse" or something else, but then they say they have "no clue about the law in the US".
-> I don't mean this in an offensive way, but without knowledge of the law these statements should not be made in such a light-hearted way.
It is a serious allegation and defined by the law.
It is different to say "I think it should be seen as domestic abuse" etc, but it is a personal opinion, not a fact.
By the way: I once snapped a biro when I had a particularly annoying phone conversation.
Should I hand myself in to Met Police??