lklawson
Grandmaster
Understand this. If a cop wants to arrest you, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED. Period. End of Statement.Until, of course, you resist being put into said cuffs, then its a case of resisting arrest, even if you were "not under arrest" at the time, yes?
I am always amused when, on the rare occasion it happens, some new SD/Firearms advocate finally notices that it's not illegal to resist arrest if it would legally be considered "False Arrest." That includes all the way up to Deadly Force.
The problem is, cops have guns. "I got guns too" sez they. Great. How many of your friends with guns can you call to be there beside you, legally resisting arrest, within 5 min.?
Yeah. If a cop wants you cuffed, you're gonna be cuffed. If a cop wants you arrested, you're gonna be arrested. Or you will be dead. Do you grok this yet?
So, if you think it's a bad arrest, then get a lawyer. Cuz "he was legally resisting false arrest" is probably not going to be much consolation to the widow. The ONLY time it makes any sense at all to resist is if you believe, beyond a shadow of a doubt, you're gonna end up dead because of the "False Arrest."
To combat the potential of abuse of authority is specifically why we have SO MANY systems in place such as Internal Investigations, External Review Boards, Watchdog groups, pre-training, post-training, continuing training, Mentoring programs, etc. Notice that "private citizen resisting arrest" isn't in that list. This is primarily because it doesn't work very well.
Peace favor your sword,
Kirk