re: Anybody else read Beards arrest Affadavit?

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I jsut posted the difference between assault and battery. Come straight off Smith & Vinson Law firm page in Texas. I’ll take actual lawyer’s interpretation of the law than yours.

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Uhh… or you could just read the actual law.

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(3) intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with another when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.

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Unless you’re of the belief that forcibly taking something out of someone’s hands doesn’t qualify as initiating physical contact.

Link to the actual penal code of Texas