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MineralMan

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7. A very bad idea. The police use "Resisting arrest" all the time to

Sat Feb 7, 2015, 02:55 PM

Feb 2015

deal with people they have beaten up. Making it a felony will only increase the false use of this charge, and will subject many to long-term prison sentences for doing nothing at all.

The NY state legislature should reject this suggestion out of hand and, instead, institute a law mandating body cameras on all police officers and mandate that they be on during all interactions between police and the public.

In most cases, such "resisting arrest" charges end up being the word of a couple of cops against the word of a poor person. Guess who wins that argument in most cases. Such a law making it a felony would lead to numerous unjust imprisonments.

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NYPD Officials Tell Lawmakers to Make Resisting Arrest a Felony [View all] ariesgem Feb 2015 OP

I have a better idea bluestateguy Feb 2015 #1

Clever right-wing talking point. salib Feb 2015 #28

Not where cop unions are concerned. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #32

Unions are not the problem here. salib Feb 2015 #33

The cop unions consistently get bad cops off the hook. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #36

The only thing that is going to protect honest cops from retaliation is a union salib Feb 2015 #39

Screw that, the only thing that is going to protect EVERYBODY from the cops is busting their unions MohRokTah Feb 2015 #40

Yep, as I said salib Feb 2015 #45

You can only give convenient cop-apologist talking points. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #48

+1000 Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #34

So every minor arrest can then be turned into a felony...n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #2

That's not a bug. It's a feature. n/t QC Feb 2015 #5

Exactly. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #20

Yep. So, if you resist arrest you are felon. salib Feb 2015 #29

Exactly. You can't resist, EVER. woo me with science Feb 2015 #43

Most resisting arrest charges are trumped up. NutmegYankee Feb 2015 #47

+10000000 It cements the police state. Period. woo me with science Feb 2015 #50

Hmm 25 years eh? pipoman Feb 2015 #3

Points out that it is not about discouraging bad behavior. salib Feb 2015 #30

This is aimed at criminalizing protesters daredtowork Feb 2015 #4

This is police state. And, yes, it will make protest a felony. woo me with science Feb 2015 #37

That's so true!! The nonviolent protestors in MLK's day would be felons adigal Feb 2015 #46

So Cops with attitudes like asshole Lynch can claim every encounter leads to a Felony ( if they feel pkdu Feb 2015 #6

A very bad idea. The police use "Resisting arrest" all the time to MineralMan Feb 2015 #7

how bout being on the NYPD = a felony? nt msongs Feb 2015 #8

Fuck the NYPD & their entire organized crime unit. giftedgirl77 Feb 2015 #9

Supurb! Turn NY, NY into a complete Police State. 99Forever Feb 2015 #10

The NYPD continues on with their racist and fascist agenda dissentient Feb 2015 #11

My son "rioting" and "assaulting" NYPD catnhatnh Feb 2015 #12

Here's the scenario. rug Feb 2015 #13

People have been arrested for resisting arrest Downwinder Feb 2015 #14

it's a good day to donate to the ACLU grasswire Feb 2015 #15

+100000000 woo me with science Feb 2015 #19

In others words, they want a license to kill with no consequences. nt procon Feb 2015 #16

Tax people for being dark skinned. Turbineguy Feb 2015 #17

This is important. This is ominous. This is a trial balloon. woo me with science Feb 2015 #18

K&R - for exposing this travesty. oh and Fuck the NYPD & Pat Lynch 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #21

Bratton has tried to anwer his critics by saying . . . markpkessinger Feb 2015 #22

Who is operating and evaluating CompStat? Downwinder Feb 2015 #35

Indeed! markpkessinger Feb 2015 #41

The method to this madness is Hutzpa Feb 2015 #23

Also edhopper Feb 2015 #24

Fuck.No. Iggo Feb 2015 #25

We won't abuse it... "Trust Us!" SomethingFishy Feb 2015 #26

Like the little lady lawyer from San Francisco woud be a felon? IADEMO2004 Feb 2015 #27

Fuck that noise! I have been accused of being a cop apologist ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #31

Yeah, fuck that. truebrit71 Feb 2015 #38

This shit should be front page news Ramses Feb 2015 #42

exactly Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #44

K&R The police state being constructed around us. woo me with science Feb 2015 #49

Yeah, the all-purpose thing to charge people with when they can't get them on anything else. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #51

Bratton needs to resign. Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #52