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..
Can I Press Criminal Charges Against a Man for Yelling at My 82 Year Old Father Who Has Alzheimers Disease?
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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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