What is Resisting arrest?
In some countries, '''resisting [[arrest]]''' is a [[criminal charge]] against a person who has ran away from a criminal offense.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5766&context=faculty_scholarship|title = Retail Rebellion and the Second Amendment|last = Miller|first = Darrell|date = 2011|journal = Duke University Law Review}}</ref> ==What they did== A person resisting arrest has done, depending on the [[jurisdiction]], at least one of the following acts: * fleeing a police officer while being arrested * threatening a police officer with physical violence while being arrested * physically struggling to free oneself from being restrained (handcuffed or put into the [[Police transportation|police vehicle]]) * attacking a police officer while being arrested * providing an officer with false identification (either verbally or by presentation of a false official document, i.e. a [[fake ID]]) ==Background== The website ''Resisting Arrest'' stated that not all arrests are lawful and based upon probable cause. However, an attempt at resisting arrest can lead to additional charges. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/web/nj2c29_2.html Example code] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911220534/http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/web/nj2c29_2.html |date=2007-09-11 }} from [[New Jersey]] [[Category:Law enforcement in the United States]] {{US-stub}}