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you can be non-cooperative without meeting the bar for resisting arrest though, for instance if you refuse to incriminate yourself
by jiminymcmoogley 3y ago
you can be non-cooperative without meeting the bar for resisting arrest though, for instance if you refuse to incriminate yourself
- filoeleven 3y agoPeople are consistently arrested and/or charged for resisting arrest for not identifying themselves in states that do not have “stop and ID” laws. Even if you know to the letter what your state law requires, the police often don’t. If you take the arrest and sit in jail for 2-12 hours, you can fight it later in court. Somehow, this is a luxury for most people in the US.
- spiritplumber 3y ago"You were rude to me earlier, so I don't want to talk to you" may get you beaten up but won't get you in further legal trouble. If it comes up at trial, you simply explain that the officer was rude to you, so you didn't want to talk to them, which caused them to be even more rude to you, which confirmed your decision to not talk to them.
- nabakin 3y agoFor sure. I thought the parent commenter wasn't considering cases like resisting arrest in their statement though