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No, because beating you up isn't a goal in itself to punish you for your crime. "Resisting arrest" or 'don't comply' are weasel terms. They can range from jus
by belltaco 5y ago
No, because beating you up isn't a goal in itself to punish you for your crime. "Resisting arrest" or 'don't comply' are weasel terms. They can range from just refusing to walk or wear handcuffs, to running away to threatening to injure or kill the police or actually doing so. The beating up part normally happens only with trying to escape or threaten the police. And even in those cases, if they only use the minimum physical force necessary to take someone into custody, would you call that violence?
If they don't know that, what's the incentive for anyone not to rob, not repay debts, murder and rape as they wish, and then just refuse arrest for the rest of their lives? What do you think the law and police should do in those cases?