05-03-2009, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by FlashBazbo
2. There is no such thing as an "attempted assault." (Ask anyone who has ever been a rookie police officer. "Attempted assault" is the punchline of a practical joke veteran officers like to pull on rookies. Serving a warrant for "attempted assault" is like sending the rookie mechanic on an errand to buy "muffler bearings" or "camouflage paint.")
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Right, there's no such thing as attempted assault, because by legal definition assault is attempted battery. In other words, threatening to kill someone, or say taking a swing at someone with a baseball bat but missing (even intentionally) is already full-on assault. And as I referred to above, around here (may vary by state) even simple assault on a police officer is automatically upgraded to battery even if you don't succeed in harming the officer.
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