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Walk It Through: The Shove Outside the Bar

An argument, a shove back, a fight one side started, and a $300 minimum fine.

Outside a bar, a stranger shoves a man hard into a wall.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A fistfight between strangers with no weapon. Aggravated assault, domestic violence and deadly force are on their own pages.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.