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For which you have separate remedy. It's an unpleasant irony, but resisting an unlawful arrest is, itself, not lawful.
by rosser 13y ago
For which you have separate remedy. It's an unpleasant irony, but resisting an unlawful arrest is, itself, not lawful.
- mindcrime 13y agoFor which you have separate remedy. None of which will get me my time back. It's an unpleasant irony, but resisting an unlawful arrest is, itself, not lawful. Speaking only within the context of what passes for "the law" today (that is, the byzantine maze of statutes, regulations, codes, etc. pushed out by the US federal government, states, counties, cities, etc)... it may actually be, at least in some very specific cases. See: http://www.apbweb.com/cops-speak-out/1405-resisting-arrest-not-a-crime.html http://www.apbweb.com/cops-speak-out/1405-resisting-arrest-n... for example. Or: http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/resisting-an-unlawful-arrest.html http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/resisting-an-u... And that is all, of course, totally side-stepping the bigger issues of whether or not our entire system of "law" as we know it today is really valid.
- rosser 13y agoSure, and it may also be legal to use deadly force to defend yourself when the cops execute a warrant against the wrong address, which happens to be yours. People have been acquitted of murder charges for killing police officers executing their lawful duties in exactly those circumstances. That won't make you any less dead should they respond in kind.