or determined the arrest was unlawful, because the cop didn't tell the defendant why he was under arrest.
The arrest doesn't get determined to be unlawful due to the cop refusing to state the reason for the arrest to the arrestee. However the resisting arrest charges get dropped as there is no way a person can know an arrest is lawful without being told the reason for it. Some states have a law that says it is unlawful to resist even an unlawful arrest. However they also tend to have statutes allowing reasonable application of force in self defense against an arrest made with excessive force. Given unlawful arrests always necessitate excessive force, as no force can be used to make an arrest that is unlawful, charges are almost always dropped for resisting arrest. Furthermore, even if they aren't dropped, any jury is going to let the person walk.
s23erdctfvyg 0 points 1 year ago
https://www.youtube.com/@LackLusterMedia/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@thecivilrightslawyer
There's a good few on here, and one recent one on the second channel where a cop got fired for using excessive force.
Some states have a law that says it is unlawful to resist even an unlawful arrest. However they also tend to have statutes allowing reasonable application of force in self defense against an arrest made with excessive force. Given unlawful arrests always necessitate excessive force, as no force can be used to make an arrest that is unlawful, charges are almost always dropped for resisting arrest. Furthermore, even if they aren't dropped, any jury is going to let the person walk.