Quote:If people would simply listen to the cops and let lawyers figure out the rest so much of this could be avoided. Resisting arrest or not listening to cops is never going to end well. Period.


My ex-husband was MP and he always said, just listen to the police and follow their instructions or things can get ugly. Why stack charges against you just to prove a point?

 

That's how we've ended up with illegal checkpoints, polices tactics such as stop and frisk, illegal search and seizures and so much more. I'm sorry but the simple mentality of, " the law is always right, do what it says and if its wrong we'll fix it later ", has lead us down a road of damn near a total police state.

 

I'm not arguing this man in this case was justified for resisting arrest. I am arguing that the notion of just do what the police say is wrong and extremely dangerous. 

 

The police are not above they law, they are in charge of enforcing the law. The police do not create the law, it is our individual responsibility to know the law and stand up for ourselves when we are given unlawful orders. Sadly this man was being given a lawful order, now we can debate if the law is reasonable/constitutional and so on, but he was breaking a law so I agree he should have listened to the officer and taken his lumps. That however is in no way a justifiable means the officers (all of them) used in apprehending the man, when enforcing the law the police are responsible to use reason, was this violation even worth an arrest? You don't even get arrested for having pot in New York anymore, give the man a citation and move on. 

 

All that said, I can't disagree more with the people saying "just comply with the police". No sir, if they're wrong do not comply, maybe it means immediate harm or discomfort, but if everyone just comply's regardless of the order simply because a man in blue gave it to you, then you might as well accept the TSA at your local walmart and start leaving the blinds open for HS to peak in, and hell no more moaning about the NSA spying on you.

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