Title: What Are the Consequences of Fighting in Public?
Headings: What Are the Consequences of Fighting in Public?
What Are the Consequences of Fighting in Public?
Punishment Varies
Assault
Battery
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Content: By contrast, threatening someone with violence, say, across a stadium is probably not assault. The key is imminent threat and the apparent ability to follow through. Raising a fist across the table, as opposed to across a stadium, presents a more imminent threat that would reasonably put another person in fear. Battery
A battery is when the assault goes from imminent threat of harm to an actual touching. Again, each state will define crimes differently and there are slight variations from place to place, but the basic idea is that an unwanted touching is a battery. Battery charges can arise from even a minor contact, if it is unwanted. And the accused need not use hands or feet or any part of the body to cause the touching. Battery can be committed with an umbrella, a pencil, and pretty much anything else that serves as an extension of the person. The Supreme Art of War
So the next time you are feeling feisty, do not get in a fight in public. That is a no-win situation.