A police woman held a woman's arm to stop her walking off while being questioned. The woman scratched the police woman and was charged with assaulting a police officer in the course of her duty.
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Tuberville v Savage 1669
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If a threat to harm does not include a present intent to harm, it is not an assault. An assault requires a threat of IMMINENT danger.
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