Representative attacks college student

[Matt²]

When someone has to ask "please let go of my hand" and he switches instead to GRABBING you by the back of your neck, and then attempt to hold you against his body with his arms, YES, that is assault. I've been there before and been abused in that way before. It IS holding him against his will. He did not voluntarily go "hey would you please hold me by my neck, my head feels tired".

 

[Dave]

I'm afraid Matt's right. It's pretty much textbook assault. In fact, it's assault and battery.

Two separate offenses against the person that when used in one expression may be defined as any unlawful and unpermitted touching of another. Assault is an act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful, or offensive contact. The act consists of a threat of harm accompanied by an apparent, present ability to carry out the threat. Battery is a harmful or offensive touching of another.