united-states self-defense
What if any law is broken if Person B hugs Person A against A&#39;s expressed wishes?
<p>Here is a recent post about person A in the US who doesn't want to be hugged, yet keeps getting hugged despite voicing that the hugs are unwanted:</p>

<p><a href="https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/9016">https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/9016</a></p>

<p>As described in the post, are those people committing a crime?  If so, what crime?  If not, what is the minimum that A would need to do to escalate the situation into a crime?  </p>

<p>This is the common law crime of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(crime)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">battery</a> - “any unlawful and or unwanted touching of the person of another by the aggressor, or by a substance put in motion by him."</p>

<p>Many jurisdictions have abolished common law crimes and codified criminal behavior - it is a subset of what is commonly called “assault” and may be codified in that section.</p>
