so the difference between an assault and

battery it’s very nuanced assault is

generally the term for the touching of

another person without their consent

criminally usually criminally assault

usually comes with pushing shoving to

all the way up to you know punching

hitting you know striking with Force

whether with a weapon or not battery is

more so somewhat of a term that comes in

the tort version of assault where it is

simply a you know unwanted touching of

another here in Washington DC we don’t

really see the term battery a lot it

mostly is assault and assault again is

the physical touching of another person

without their consent and most common

place is any form of you know touching

that somebody just doesn’t want we

usually see that here as a criminal

defense attorney pushing or shoving you

know a bar fight punching but it can

also be words it doesn’t necessarily

have to be physical touching it can be

threatening or stalking I have many

clients who’ve been arrested simply for

arguing with a friend or a spouse or a

significant other on the streets you

know threatening to hurt somebody is

technically also assault under the law