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borderlineidiot t1_jecsp0s wrote

Threats are assault. Battery are if the person carries out the threat:

Definition: "Assault is generally defined as an intentional act that puts another person in reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact."

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AStaleCheerio t1_jecuo00 wrote

In DC, for physical assaults that don't meet felonies and dont involve a weapon, we typically charge simple assault. For verbal threats or incidents like OP's, the charge would be misdemeanor threats, since no physical assault occurred and nothing about this meets the criteria for felony

Simple assault is not the charge we would use for this.

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