Don was standing in a cafeteria line holding a plate.Tim was upset with Don.Tim turned Don around and grabbed the plate,jerking it out of Don's hand.Tim then held the plate up and threatened to break it over Don's head.Tim has committed:

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Tim has committed both an assault, which is the act of threatening to harm someone with the ability to do so, and a battery, which is the act of actually touching someone in a harmful or offensive way. Tim's actions of threatening to break the plate over Don's head and then actually grabbing it out of his hand constitute both an assault and a battery.

Don Was Standing in a Cafeteria Line Holding a Plate