If you intentionally and willfully touch someone else in an angry, rude, insulting or vengeful manner, you may be facing battery charges.
If you attempt to threaten with force and violence to harm another person, even if nothing happens, you may be facing assault charges.
If you put someone in fear of being hurt and then you strike or touch the other person, you may be charged with assault and battery.
If the target of assault and battery actions is a police officer, you may be facing felony charges.
Actions such as slapping, punching, kicking and spitting all could yield assault and battery charges. Punishment for the assault and battery varies greatly by circumstances surrounding the incident as well as the target of the alleged actions.
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