` ::: Well, have a look at this photo, especially what the grabber is doing with his hands - it's very plausible and highly likely that there were scratches. ::: I use ``grabber`` guardedly, since a person who by force of arms takes and carries away is a robber, at least here under the common law, so a more accurate description would be ``attempted robber``. ::: As for your argument about idiocy... that's like saying rape victims are at fault by wearing skimpy dresses. What's wrong is wrong is wrong - and using violence against an innocent civilian to promote a political agenda is wrong, and you cannot justify it by the (tenuously connected) actions of another.     `