PT35.S4.Q7 - mr. smith has a violent character

dchoi121

http://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-35-section-4-question-07/
This question asks us to identify a flaw.
Attorney: I ask you to find Mr.Smith guilty of assaulting Mr.Jackson. Regrettably, there were no eyewitness to the crime but Mr.Smith has a violent character: Ms.Lopez testified earlier that Mr.Smith, shouting loudly, had threaten her. Smith never refuted this testimony.

Ms.Lopez testy smith threatening her+Smith not refuting--->Smith has violent character----> he assaults jackson.
Three obvious flaws:
1. smith didn't refute doesn't mean he indeed threat ms.lopez. 2. even if smith did, threatening ms.lopez doesn't necessarily make smith a violent character- it could be a one-time thing. 3. even if smith is violent character, it doesn't mean smith is violent all the times and thus assault mr.jackson.

Answer choices:
A. Aggressive behavior is not a sure indicator of a violent character
C. Since smith never disproved the claim that he threatened ms.lopez, he did in fact threaten her
E.Having a violent character is not necessarily associated with commission of violent crimes

All three seem reasonable to me. Which one to choose?

CJ Shin

This is a trick question (hint: look again at the question stem).
There is one word that completely changes the direction of the answer choices.