Recent News. Alex Bregman is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Mariners. The Astros are resting a handful of starters after Wednesday's 13-inning marathon. Bregman has struggled in the early going, collecting just two hits in his first 12 at-bats. Marwin Gonzalez will handle the hot corner for Houston in Thursday's series finale.
The statutory standards allow an officer to use deadly physical force when the officer reasonably believes it is necessary to (1) defend himself or herself or a third person from the use or imminent use of deadly physical force or (2) arrest or prevent the escape of someone the officer reasonably believes has committed or attempted to commit a ...
And, of course, some criminal perpetrators are violent and dangerous. No one would suggest that most of the time when a criminal charge of assault and battery on a police officer is filed, that it is a mistake or an overreaction. But it does happen. Laws on Assault and Battery on a Police Officer. All states have specific statutes that make assault on a cop a separate and more serious crime than an assault on a regular citizen. We can dispute whether this is fair or not, but it is a fact. Officers see themselves as a special class, and the law agrees.