In this case, the crime was underage drinking on a Florida beach.
Instead of complying with the cop’s instructions, the underage drinker fought with the cops, turning what probably would have been a citation (like a traffic ticket) into a resisting arrest charge … in addition to the original charge.
The “take down” was captured by the cop’s body camera and, I’m sure, by numerous cell phones. No doubt the young person will be suing for “police brutality.”
ELSEWHERE IN THE AREA, a young man was shot and killed by police who ordered the man to stop; he didn’t. The young man had a record of assaults (plural) with a deadly weapon, a fact of which the cops must have been aware.
- TRUTH IN BLOGGING My first born is a cop. In all his years on the force, he has used his gun once, against a person trying to kill him. The only other time the weapon is fired is on the range.
While there are exceptions to every rule, and admittedly there are rogue cops who behave like a Wild West gun fighter, if a cop orders a person to do something, the person is well advised to comply.
The cop may not be right, but the cop always is a cop. If you disagree with the cop’s orders, do what you are told anyway and settle it in court.
At the scene, the cop ALWAYS has the upper hand; rather than jeopardize your health and possibly your life, comply with the cop’s command. Save your umbrage; sue the cop and the cop’s department and let a judge decide if an arrest and the cop’s actions were appropriate.
Police brutality claims are as automatic as sexual harassment (#metoo) claims. Resist arrest and someone with a cell phone camera will record the cop’s take down.
Justified or not, someone will scream “Police brutality.”
No resistance means no brutality.
Cops DO make mistakes.
But there is no reason to compound the cop’s mistake by resisting arrest.
SAVE IT FOR THE COURTROOM
If an arrest is illegal, if the person is innocent, the court will decide.
If the court rules against the cops, get a hungry lawyer and sue all the available “deep pockets”: the cop, the department, the municipality, the company that made the cop’s car – why not, people are suing gun makers and gun sellers. Best case, the cop is cashiered and you walk away with a fistful of (taxable) cash.
The cop may be wrong, but the cop always is the cop.
Let the courts decide.
Resisting arrest is foolish and can be dangerous to your health.
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