Walk It Through: The Fight Outside the Bar
A fight, a friend who steps between the officer and the arrest, a bystander's phone taken, and a broken nose.
Outside a bar, two men trade punches, and one leaves with a broken nose.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A fight between adults outside a bar. Self-defense at trial, a fight entered by mutual consent, and a weapon in the fight are not worked through here.
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.
- Eluding a police officerFailing to stop when signaled by an officer displaying insignia, or by a police vehicle with a siren and blue lights.
- Aggravated assaultCausing serious bodily injury, causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon, or threatening with a deadly weapon, among other forms.
- Simple assaultCausing or trying to cause bodily injury, or menacing someone with fear of serious injury.
- Hindering arrestIntentionally hindering a law enforcement officer's arrest of another person.