Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
Why shouldn't you run away from the cops when falsely accused?
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Why shouldn't you run away from the cops when falsely accused?
Actually, resisting a wrongful arrest is not a crime. Caveat - you don't have to be guilty to be arrested. But happening to be on the street when the store was robbed is no justification for an arrest.
The real world answer is easy (in most areas of the world - for exceptions, see below): Don't even think about resisting arrest.The situation:
you've been falsely accused of a crime. The cops have just shown up to arrest you. Should you stay or run for it?
If you truly believe that, why are you still in that country?However, the oft unstated counter argument is that if the authorities are so inept or corrupt as to move forward on false information to authorize an arrest, what kind of justice are you really expecting to see?
Not to delve too much into politics, but the US has the most people in jail per capita in the world. No one is even remotely close. If you really think police care too much about who they put away, you're kidding yourself.
If you truly believe that, why are you still in that country?
There are certainly countries in which allowing yourself to get arrested may be as bad as trying to resist arrest, but luckily I don't live in one.
The law varies by state, but you generally have the right to resist unlawful arrests. Without reasonable suspicion, an arrest cannot be made.
“An illegal arrest is an assault and battery. The person so attempted to be restrained of his liberty has the same right to use force in defending himself as he would in repelling any other assault and battery.” (State v. Robinson, 145 ME. 77, 72 ATL. 260).
“Each person has the right to resist an unlawful arrest. In such a case, the person attempting the arrest stands in the position of a wrongdoer and may be resisted by the use of force, as in self- defense.” (State v. Mobley, 240 N.C. 476, 83 S.E. 2d 100).
“One may come to the aid of another being unlawfully arrested, just as he may where one is being assaulted, molested, raped or kidnapped. Thus it is not an offense to liberate one from the unlawful custody of an officer, even though he may have submitted to such custody, without resistance.” (Adams v. State, 121 Ga. 16, 48 S.E. 910).