Talk:Resisting arrest

message: I've heard that the US Supreme Court has said that resisting arrest charges can only be pressed if another charge is as well...  For example, if someone is arrested for throwing a brick through a store window and they resist arrest (say by running away from the cop), but then the prosecutor decides not to press charges on the vandalism (due to insufficient evidence or whatever), then the resisting arrest charge has to be dropped as well.  Does anyone know if that's the case?  I've been unable to find any info either way...  208.247.73.130 02:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
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message: "In Denmark it means guilt in the eyes of the population regardless of the verdict in the trial, if the suspect does not loudly protest his or her innocence if the arrest is made publicly."
There seems to be some problems in this statement:
1) It is an unverified generalization. One might argue that it seems to be a very misleading description of public opinion in Denmark.      
2) It is not very relevant in the context. Protests againtst arrest is not resisting arrest.
I suggest the sentence removed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.82.157.248 (talk) 18:18, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I worked in some countries in Africa as a volunteer. I don't know with Denmark but anything but total silence was considered resisting arrest. I also have to point out that protests can be considered resisting arrest in the States Resisting arrest and freedom of speech, Pleadnotguilty.comI think that this comment is very relevant because the protest the Danish supermodel made in Florida would not have brought her even near a conviction and it can explain why the case is listed as an act of xenophobia on the webpage for Danes who had been exposed for that. AngelaBurns (talk) 20:25, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

text: I work in Denmark and are often in Elsinore. The police does often refrain from arresting people if they protest loudly but polite because loud, public arrests will end up in newspapers. It is not insulting against the Danes. I respect that police officers are able to adjust their behavior to the situation at hand. I only see the use of zero-tolerance used against foreign fans of soccer teams visiting Denmark where it is justified because as a guest in a country, you have to be humble towards local authority. I believe that the Danish police is both highly educated and very motivated in their jobs so they do know when it is a waste of time to arrest people.As for May Andersen it is an old case and it is recorded among the cases where it is fact that Danes have been exposed of xenophobia abroad. I think that the section should be in this article to illustrate how different the various justice systems are.In some places "resisting" arrest is just a rubberstamp used when the other charges vanish because they were false from the very start and it is used to protect the county against claims for wrongful arrest. Clearly it was the case against May Andersen and the poor attitude against customers made the Danish part-owner of the airline company sell his shares shortly after in order to avoid being connected to such treatment of customers. OscarPetterson (talk) 14:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

text: I have not included this section on Wikipedia in the first place. The entry is years old. However I can prove that at least the courts judge cases based on reputation. Remember when a farmer girl tried to extort a fine young man into marriage by claiming that their relationship was rape? He was aquitted and I was happy that the work I do to improve the status of my children might benefit them in the future if they should be facing false accusations like this poor boy did.Money and social status does matter - also in Danish courts. We are not a communist country - thanks God. I do not think that xenophobia.mono.net is a questionable source. I have seen it quoted many times on Danish and foreign message boards with a great respect.As for the respect of the courts. We have a minister of justice who actively tries to influence matters in our supreme court regarding the new weapon law. We have politicians who is critisizing the courts because they rule according to the very letter of the law they themselves put into action. Where is the respect of the Danish courts when not even the members of the parliament don't?As for protesting loadly in public. Do you watch the TV program "Station 2" from TV2. When you followed the police patrols around in town there are a lot of protesting. Only when it extend to name calling of the specific policemen the citizens are arrested.Beside Denmark, which country allows the defendant to hold a press conference as it was the case against Camilla Broe? This press conference did clearly have the purpose to influence the final sentence she will get once she return to Denmark when the show trial in Florida is over and the American sentence will be annulled according to the extradition agreement. But I have to work now, so I will not revert your vandalism now. OscarPetterson (talk) 17:41, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Danish public opinion regarding guilt in criminal cases 

message: OscarPetterson and Thomasmalthe
Gentlemen, you seem to be getting way off the point of the article to the point where the discussion far exceeds the content of the article.There is a huge amount of talk here about Danish Law and even then it's relevance appears doubtful. 
It seem to me that this articles subject is so dependent on local law that its' usefulness without being expanded greatly is, to me, doubtful.
Are there any international laws(or 'standard' practices) that apply to resisting arrest?
Should this article even exist, or be merged into a larger article? ie It could be part of an article on "Arrest" or "Rights" if such exist.
--220.101.28.25 (talk) 17:03, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevance? 

message: Should officer Johannes Mehserle, 27 who shot Oscar Grant 22, on the head be prosecuted for the death of Oscar Grant? if so, how? Hkimthach (talk) 02:22, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oscar Grant Case 

message: second paragraph, third dot point
:*Acting a police officer as he/she is trying to arrest you
what is meant by "Acting a police officer..."?
CybergothiChé (talk) 16:07, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this meant to be like this? 

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message: I've looked up as much as I could but didn't managed to find anything in the Norwegian penal code regarding resistance to arrest. Any more decent attention given to it is appreciated. Gidev (talk) 17:03, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Norwegian law 

message: This article spends an insane amount of verbiage discussing the U.S. but does not go into much depth for the situation in other jurisdictions... To my knowledge "breaking out from prison" is not a crime in and of itself in many places so likely "resisting arrest" shouldn't be either... Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:18, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Situation in countries other than the U.S. 

message: This may be a good source, focused on US law https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5978&context=ylj
WhisperToMe (talk) 02:45, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article on resisting unlawful arrest