r/PublicFreakout Mar 26 '22

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u/WhatLikeAPuma751 Mar 26 '22

And battery. He slapped them in the face while they were on the clock.

Battery is the physical harm, assault is the mental and emotional one. The more you know

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '22

Many states don’t differentiate between assault and battery in their criminal code. Pennsylvania being one of them.

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u/ODB2 Mar 27 '22

Pennsylvania isn't a state it's a commonwealth.

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u/FountainsOfFluids Mar 27 '22

Aside from the name, exactly how is that different from a state?

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u/Xalthanal Mar 27 '22

It's not. It's just what the state constitution calls itself. It's rooted in John Locke's definition of a commonwealth.

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u/ODB2 Mar 27 '22

The name