Word: assaults
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According to Frank T. Pasquarello, a CPD spokesperson, Cambridge laws define assault as "putting someone in apprehension of immediate battery." Battery occurs when actual physical contact is made, Pasquarello said. The charges normally are filed together, he said...
Several attorneys and government agencies who deal with disability issues said yesterday that there is some merit to Amaral's claims, but added that the notion of moving a wheelchair does not always constitute criminal assault...
...person up and move them?" asked Lorraine Greiff, director of the Massachusetts Office on Disability. "You can't just take away someone's liberties by picking them up and treating them like they were a pencil that fell to the floor. Does that rise to the level of assault? I don't know, but I would say that it's as serious as pushing," she said...
...think that's an assault and battery," said Paul Merry, MCAD's general counsel. "If she had been a non-disabled person, he would have been able to grab her by the shoulders and push her out of the way of the elevator door. That would clearly have been battery...
...What force or what means do you use to addressthat situation?" he asked. "Maybe a dean wouldhave grabbed an able-bodied student, but I thinkthat would have been assault and battery also...