I'm not
offended by his intent, I'm offended at the use of an instrument of execution as a commemoration.
Not exact matches
You are right in that the choice of a black man for the heroic Samson was indicative of a lack of racist
intent, if not also a lack of
intent towards historical accuracy, but there has been a long history of portraying the devil as a black person, so you can understand why some people are
offended by this, right?
If A can be proven
by the state (or
by B in a civil case) to have the
intent to
offend or threaten B, or recklessly harmed B, it's assault per cpast's answer.