In support of the rage of man

[bennyboy]

Simply blocking a doorway with no physical act or threat is not a criminal offense. 

I believe that blocking any citizen's ability to move freely constitutes arrest, and that preventing someone from leaving a building by blocking a door constitutes false imprisonment.

That being said, I'm not sure about the legality of pushing someone out of the way in order to move freely-- in the case of a husband and wife, I'd be very surprised if touching her at all in that state wouldn't end up in a domestic abuse charge.

Many reasonable, non-violent people DO do this sometimes. It simply means "Hey...I'm not done talking, yet."

Okay, we've been on opposite sides frequently in almost every kind of discussion. But let me ask you what you would do if a man said, "I don't want to talk about this right now, because I'm beginning to feel upset. I need to get out of here right now, and we can talk about it later." Would you attempt to prevent him from leaving?