Column: Does coughing on a cop constitute battery? It depends – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "A recent Springfield-based appellate court decision details how the case of a malicious cough in Danville ended up in court. Here’s what happened: Two Danville police officers — Tyler Starkey and Jacob Troglia — responded to a domestic-violence call and confronted an angry woman who 'deliberately coughed at them to infect them with COVID-19.'"

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