[kstater]

Under Illinois Law (720 ILCS 5/12 3), a person commits a battery if they intentionally or knowingly and without legal justification causes bodily harm to an individual makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with an individual. A common misunderstanding is that someone must be hurt or struck in order for a battery to occur. As long as physical contact is made in an insulting or provoking nature, and that touching is not wanted by the person receiving the touching, then Illinois law considers it to be a battery.


Under Illinois Law (720 ILCS 5/12 4), Aggravated battery is defined as follows:
(b) A person who, in committing a battery, commits aggravated battery if he
(6) Knows the individual harmed to be a peace officer, a person summoned and directed by a peace officer, or a correctional institutional employee, or a fireman while such officer, employee or fireman is

-engaged in the execution of any of his official duties including arrest or attempted arrest, -or to prevent the officer, employee or fireman from performing his official duties, -or in retaliation for the officer, employee or fireman performing his official duties, -and the battery is committed other than by the discharge of a firearm;

What's the problem here? Dumbass throws snowball at cop in his car. Deservedly arrested and charged with the relevant statutes.