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resisting arrest n. the crime of using physical force (no matter how slight in the eyes of most law enforcement officers) to prevent arrest, handcuffing and/or taking the accused to jail. It is also called "resisting an officer" (but that can include interfering with a peace officer's attempt to keep the peace) and is sometimes referred to merely as "resisting." |
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Jody Armour, an expert on celebrity trials and professor at the University of Southern California Law School, said the fact that prosecutors also did not charge Gibson with resisting arrest ``smacks of favoritism. When he approached a police officer to ask what was going on and how he could leave, he says, he was cuffed, herded onto a police bus, and charged with and disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and parading without a permit. In an El system, performance data are entered into a computerized database, including such indicators as departmental use-of-force reports, citizen complaints, officer involvement in civil litigation, and resisting arrest charges. |
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