[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

The cops can be charged if they use unneccessay force. But if they break into your house to execute a good faith warrant and you resist them, then you can still be charged with resisting arrest, though its likely that those charges would be dropped.

Yeah, I'm thinking that to avoid any embarassment, the general agreement would be "Hey you hit a cop, we'll let that go, if you ignore the fact that we accidnetially kicked in your front door".

Of course that also works under the assumption that the people pressing charges in cases like this are reasonable people, which is sometimes a bit of a stretch.