Passive aggressive intimidation..

[Little Star]

A Thomaston man is accused of stabbing a watermelon with a butcher knife and leaving it in the kitchen for a woman to see, in what police describe as a “passive aggressive” swipe that landed him in custody. She was unnerved by what she perceived to be a menacing gesture directed at her and reported it to police.

On Monday, Carmine Cervellino, 49, of 126 Hickory Hill Road, was arraigned in Bantam Superior Court on charges of second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct. He is at liberty after posting a $500 bond and had his case referred to Family Services.

The woman said she felt Cervellino was resorting to “passive aggressive” tactics to “intimidate her because he is angry at her,” Thomaston Officer Keith Koval wrote in a report.
http://www.registercitizen.com/general-news/20140714/thomaston-man-charged-with-threatening-after-stabbing-watermelon

Too many women deal with this shit every day and it usually only gets worse.

[Squinch]

1. Nah. I'm not seeing this. It's a knife in a watermelon. The underlying story is unclear, too.

Is he setting her up for drug possession or stealing prescription drugs from her? I didn't get it.

[intaglio]

2. Well I think you might be intimidated

if you went into your kitchen and found a knife transfixing a watermelon when the person who shares your house uses drugs and you have removed those drugs.

But I suppose you might not be able to see that ... if you try really hard.

[redqueen]

3. Glad she reported it. nt

[Orrex]

4. Doesn't seem especially passive to me...