"...can you assault one without some sort of trumped up federal charge?..."
???
Genuinely curious here, if a person assaults someone who works for the federal government, (or even the local government for that matter), and they charge him/her for that assault...
is that charge really "trumped up"?
I thought that there were actually laws against that?
Isn't "trumped up" when you DON'T actually assault the federal or local government person and they SAY that you did in order to charge you with a crime?
Assault/battery are state law crimes or civil torts. But 18 USC 111 makes it a federal crime to assault any federal employee (not just law enforcement officers) in the performance of her duties. Presumably, OP is referring to the idea that having special laws to make assault a federal, rather than state, crime is "trumped up."
For the record, citizens have been arrested and tried for assault on a federal employee for passing gas in the presence of TSA, and for having an erection during a pat-down/groping after refusing the millimeter-wave body scan. (of course no weapons or contraband were present.)
Yes, you read that correctly -- a felony charge. it's as absurd as it sounds.
???
Genuinely curious here, if a person assaults someone who works for the federal government, (or even the local government for that matter), and they charge him/her for that assault...
is that charge really "trumped up"?
I thought that there were actually laws against that?
Isn't "trumped up" when you DON'T actually assault the federal or local government person and they SAY that you did in order to charge you with a crime?