It is unlawful for any person to attempt to commit a battery upon the person of another, nor shall any person by any unlawful act threaten or by menacing conduct cause another person to believe he/she is in danger of receiving an immediate battery, nor shall any person, by the use of insulting language toward another, impugn his/her honor, delicacy or reputation.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
It is unlawful for any person to beat, strike, wound, inflict violence or apply force to the person of another in a rude, insolent, angry or hostile manner except in connection with an exhibition duly authorized and license under law, or in lawful self-defense or in the line of duty as a duly authorized police officer as circumstances warrant.