re: It just doesn't make sense....Why can't people understand?

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Do you not have a right to ask what your being arrested for and try to converse with a cop without the fear of being shot up or arrested for "resisting". I'm not sure trying to talk to a cop about why you're being arrested is resisting but some of these seem like if you don't turn around with your hands up in the first minute or so then you run the risk of being considered resisting or being shot. I always viewed resisting as putting up a physical fight or trying to run, not trying to reason with a cop for longer than they have the patience for.

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The problem is that most people don't know how to converse without getting antsy. You see an inherent attitude before the conversation starts. Just like parents going to talk to teachers as to why they are failing their kid. Out of the gate, it isn't the parents' fault that their kid is failing, it is the teacher that is failing the kid. Most people start a conversation with a cop the wrong way and it only goes downhill from there.

Resisting arrest isn't in asking questions, it comes from actually resisting. Every cell phone video you see of someone getting arrested shows a cop trying to handcuff a guy while the guy keeps rolling around while screaming that they aren't resisting and the cop is hurting them. If they stop moving around, let the cop handcuff them and then try to speak with them they have a better shot of getting through.