Questions tagged [assault]

The crime of creating apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive physical contact with another human. "Battery" is the crime of completing such contact.

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Can a football player be prosecuted for tackling a fan?

A hypothetical scenario: An athletic event is being played in the U.S. (Let's say it's American football). A fan runs onto the field and disrupts the game. A player performs a rough, aggressive "football tackle" on the fan and holds the fan for…
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Is it illegal to touch someone without permission in Canada? Can a girl punch a guy without getting in trouble in Canada?

We were having an in school field trip and got put into random groups. I was with 2 dudes and 1 girl. 1 dude kept putting his arm on my desk and I asked him to remove it.Then he kept touching me. It was a very light punch, out still technically a…
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Is it legal to punch someone in the face if they ask to buy your daughters and wife at a fancy restaraunt?

Imagine you are eating dinner at a fancy restaraunt with your wife and three daughters, aged 7, 11, and 16… A patron at the table behind you shoves himself in between you and your wife. He boasts in a foreign accent, “How much for the little girl?”.…