[Trailerpark Badass]

It is standard in the various British laws, in a case where a person has died a violent death, to arrest the other person/people involved until an investigation can be done and its determined whether the person arrested has done anything wrong. Arresting on this charge therefore is just a police procedure, not a statement that its illegal to defend oneself in Britain. Its a formality more than anything.

Obviously, most Americans would find this practice unacceptable.

Here, an arrest is, generally, recorded permanently, regardless of the disposition of the case. Most job applications will require you to reveal and explain any arrest, and employers can and will use that to deny you employment.

Any arrest, especially one involving violence and injury/death, would REQUIRE one to retain an attorney, with costs easily approaching five figures, regardless of adjudication.

Lastly, any arrest would mean a trip to jail and a hefty bond to get released. Depending on the locale, the short stay in jail could be hazardous to one's health.

I can only assume that arrests in England are considered much differently, otherwise you wouldn't dismiss them and their negative ramifications so blithely.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Here, an arrest is, generally, recorded permanently, regardless of the disposition of the case. Most job applications will require you to reveal and explain any arrest, and employers can and will use that to deny you employment.

Over here, you don't get a criminal record merely for being arrested.

Any arrest, especially one involving violence and injury/death, would REQUIRE one to retain an attorney, with costs easily approaching five figures, regardless of adjudication.

Over here, you can use a free duty solicitor that won't cost you anything. Lastly, any arrest would mean a trip to jail and a hefty bond to get released. Depending on the locale, the short stay in jail could be hazardous to one's health.

If you are arrested in Britain, you can be detained for up to 48 hours (worst case scenario, if you are suspected of terrorism). If you haven't been charged, you will be detained in a single police cell. Suspects that haven't been charged can be released on police bail, which does not involve the payment of a bond. You actually have to be charged with something before they can remand you in custody until your trial and force you to share cell space with other criminals in the meantime, and you are only remanded in custody until trial if you are deemed a danger to the public or a serious flight risk.

I can only assume that arrests in England are considered much differently, otherwise you wouldn't dismiss them and their negative ramifications so blithely.

Yes it is, from the looks of things being arrested in America is a punitive measure in itself, inflicted on people who haven't even been charged with anything...