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To: blackdog
Can anyone explain "Resisting An Officer Without Violence?"

Probably the old hippie trick of going limp so that 3 or 4 of them have to pick you up and carry you to the paddy waggon.

10 posted on 02/21/2004 3:18:58 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35
If going limp is a criminal act, I'm glad they make a drug for that now.......

Seriously though, there are a whole bunch of double negative laws on the books, there specifically to charge anyone with anything at anytime.

It's like the DUI/DWI charge. If a cop says you were driving drunk, and you blew under the legal limit(even a zero), they have the second DUI charge which is an observation or opinion of the officer and cannot be refuted.

On my way to take my daughter to school in the mornings, there is a county road with a stop-n-go light with turnoffs for the right turns. There is a stop sign at each of the crossings which contradicts the green light. You get things thrown at you and screamed at for stopping on a green in a 55MPH intersection, but on nice sunny mornings when the mood is right, the county cop just nails anyone on the green because they failed to stop. It's ridiculous.

No windshield washer fluid, failed pump, streaky wipers, cracked tail lense, blown license plate lamp, fog lights higher than 14" from the pavement without covers on them, windows tinted too dark(factory tinting), inattentive driving, rust thru on the outer body, and more endless Alice's Restaraunt kind of crap that you just can't escape.

11 posted on 02/21/2004 3:49:47 PM PST by blackdog (I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
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To: PAR35
It's just plain unamerican to be legally required to assist in your own arrest. The fines should buy you some service. Even if it's carrying you to the cruiser.

What's next? Appearing too cheery in your mug shot?

Personally, I have taken a course on getting arrested. How to behave, what to do, how the system works, the psychology involved, and so on. I've never had to use it, but it's very helpful just to know. I would make the policeman's job as easy as possible. For it is not he who has the power. He only has the authority for a very brief period of time. Let him enjoy it.

12 posted on 02/21/2004 3:58:45 PM PST by blackdog (I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
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