Are you intentionally trying to diminish what happened by describing threatening to have someone beaten up as “exchanging words”?

Less diminishing and more calling it for what it is.

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It’s a crime to intimidate someone and threaten to have them beaten up.

Aye, it is. And that is potentially what happened here.

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But from what I saw of the video it wasn't *that bad* (he could have threatened to rape her, for example, or even physically assaulted her). Plus, he said some contradictory things (like how he wouldn't harm a woman; obviously don't believe him based on that alone but it does undermine a criminal claim ever so slightly).

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There is probably enough to prosecute the bloke there for something, but I don't see it as a given. Plus, in the grand scheme of things it isn't the worst case imaginable.

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Following someone, intimidating them and threatening to have them beaten up is a serious crime. I don’t understand how you could think it’s not.

If he had engaged in a campaign of harassment (which, IIRC, requires two or more separate instances) then ok, yea. Or maybe a heavy threat (like rape etc). Or maybe an assault. But, as things stand, it looks like a minor incident to me! And I say that not to excuse the guy, but rather to call it for what it seems to be.

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One thing I would add is that, in an ideal world, there should be police resources to deal with this (and my own similar case which resulted in an assault; I always thought they couldn't be assed because I was a male, but this thread has got me re-evaluating!).