On Wednesday, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton urged state legislators
to consider increasing the penalty for resisting arrest from a
misdemeanor to a felony. The change, he argued, would help New Yorkers "get
around this idea that you can resist arrest. You can't." It would also
give cops an easy way to turn victims of their own worst impulses into
the worst class of criminal.
In theory, a
resisting arrest charge allows the state to further punish suspects who
endanger the safety of police officers as they're being apprehended; in
practice, it gives tautological justification to cops who enjoy
roughing people up. Why did you use force against that suspect, officer? Because she was resisting arrest. How do I know you're telling the truth? Because I charged her with it, sir.
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You always have the right to resist if you feel something is unjust, no matter what the Revenuers think. It is your duty as an American to resist. That's what we do.
Another thought... "a
resisting arrest charge allows the state to further punish suspects who
endanger the safety of police officers as they're being apprehended" They will do whatever they can to add more bullshit charges that extort more money out of you or exhaust more of your lifespan behind bars, bet on it. This is because they feel their safety is being endangered while wearing body armor around people who aren't as they are beating you into submission, Serf.
