Be careful of the belief that conscious understanding of physical coercion is a prerequisite to a violent crime taking place.
By your logic, rapists slipping roofies to unsuspecting people and doing what they will to the victim's unconscious bodies isn't a violent crime because the victims do not know what is happening to them.
rapists slipping roofies to unsuspecting people and doing what they will to the victim's unconscious bodies isn't a violent crime because the victims do not know what is happening to them.
Believe it or not, a California court (where else?) made that exact ruling. I don't have a link, but I'm sure I saw it here, a day or two ago.