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White interpreted North Carolina's "Resisting officers" statute to apply to suspects who fail to identify themselves to police officers. [57] Conversely, West Virginia's courts decided that their resisting arrest statute did not include individuals who refused to identify themselves. [58]
Additions, deletions, and changes to the ILCS are done through the Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB), which files the changes as provided for by Public Act 87-1005. [ 3 ] The compilation is an official compilation by the state and is entirely in the public domain for purposes of federal copyright law; anyone may publish the statutes ...
(2) A person commanded to assist a peace officer has the same authority to arrest as the officer who commands his assistance. (3) A person commanded to assist a peace officer in making an arrest shall not be civilly or criminally liable for any reasonable conduct in aid of the officer or for any acts expressly directed by the officer.
A Terry stop in the United States allows the police to briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. [1] [2] Reasonable suspicion is a lower standard than probable cause which is needed for arrest.
It is widely quoted on the internet, under the false belief that it gives citizens the right to resist an unlawful arrest by force, including deadly force. The full citation is Plummer v. State , 135 Ind. 308, 34 N.E. 968 (1893).
Woman accused of assaulting multiple people in Bellingham, resisting arrest. Jack Belcher. November 29, 2023 at 10:00 AM. Getty Images/iStockphoto.
Valencia was finally arrested and charged with assault on a police officer and resisting arrest. The early morning assault left the officer hospitalized with multiple injuries.
Charges such as disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and assaulting an officer may be cited as official reasons in a contempt of cop arrest. [7] Obstruction of justice or failure to obey a police order is also cited in arrests in some jurisdictions, particularly as a stand-alone charge without any other charges brought. [11] [12]