"Silvia Bernal, 30, told The (Annapolis) Capital that about 15 officers burst through the front door of her apartment while she was cooking dinner about 8:20 p.m. She said the officers kicked her husband in the groin while she fled into a bedroom and barred the door with her body."
How does the law work? If the cops are completely in the wrong and are arresting the wrong person due to a mistake, and you resist out of fear or whatever, can you then be charged with resisting arrest even though they made the mistake. Is that entrapment?
I think it would be smart idea to not resist arrest but if it is found they made a mistake you should be able to kick their balls in.
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.
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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.
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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.
scary stuff. I have no idea how I'd react. A childhood friend of mine worked in a restaurant in Vancouver, was the early morning prep guy. Cops burst in (wrong address once again) and my old friend was asleep with his head resting on the prep area table. He was just waking up when the first cop got to him and was, of course, startled. He was beaten within an inch of his life. Lawsuit is pending, and it damn well should.
Where do these guys get their intel? The same guys who found WMDs in Iraq? I mean, come on, at least get the @#$#$%^ address right.
scary stuff. I have no idea how I'd react. A childhood friend of mine worked in a restaurant in Vancouver, was the early morning prep guy. Cops burst in (wrong address once again) and my old friend was asleep with his head resting on the prep area table. He was just waking up when the first cop got to him and was, of course, startled. He was beaten within an inch of his life. Lawsuit is pending, and it damn well should.
Where do these guys get their intel? The same guys who found WMDs in Iraq? I mean, come on, at least get the @#$#$%^ address right.
In most cases, I don't think that they are getting the address wrong with regards as to were to go. Like you say, it is usually poor intel. A lot of times police get intel that says that a person will be at such and such a place at a certain time. They have to gauge the accuracy of the intel and then act upon it. Many times the intel is wrong and that person is not there.
They can't really check ahead because then the people will flee or destroy the evidence. However, if they use excessive force then by all means, the police should be held accountable.
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