arrest? say that you pulled away from the officer and and walk away from when he was trying to arrest you. can you get jail time for that?
2006-12-18 11:03:50 · 14 answers · asked by justme 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
also this is in the state of TX
2006-12-18 11:07:26 · update #1
Absolutely. If the officer is attempting to arrest you (or someone else) and you do anything to prevent him from accomplishing that task you can be arrested for resisting. You can receive jail time for that but it usually depends on your record, if there is one, and the amount of resistance and it's aftermath, i.e. injury etc. Whoever resisted, I would suggest you tell them to comply and then have their day in court. Most of the time you will not win on a resisting unless there are some technicalities.
2006-12-18 11:14:46 · answer #1 · answered by Leigh P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Law book is very thick. If you piss off the cop, I'm sure the cop can find something in there to charge you with. You're best bet is to comply with the officer. If you don't feel safe, request the presence of another officer.
Or if you're being flashed down and you don't feel safe, the turn on your hazards and drive to a well lit public area. More people means the cop is less likely to do anything wrong or questionable.
2006-12-18 11:15:24 · answer #2 · answered by Dennis D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. As soon as a police officer puts his/her hands on you and says "Your under arrest", you have no right to pull away from him/her.
2006-12-19 13:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by Vanessa<3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah you can some fat man chased me and my friends down the street and grabbed my 12 year old bro then they called the cops saying we threw a snowball at the window (there waz like no snow on the ground) and so when the cops came he let goof my bro and we started walking away and yeah they said we were under arrest but then my dad came and we went back over so yeah we were ok. lol anywayz to answer your question yeah you can and if you are being charged for soething else you can make it worse by doing that.
2006-12-18 11:09:20 · answer #4 · answered by xox_sarahj_xox 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is almost the text book definition of resisting arrest.
2006-12-18 11:07:11 · answer #5 · answered by JSpielfogel 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this would definitely be resisting arrest.
2006-12-18 12:29:15 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can....resisting arrest and obstruction of justice/governmental operations are pretty flexible charges that can apply to anything. as far as jail time...previous history will be taken into account
2006-12-18 12:36:53 · answer #7 · answered by rwasham729 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only are you resisting but the officer has no choice but to assume you are going to be endangering his life and may act accordingly.
2006-12-18 16:23:02 · answer #8 · answered by GrnApl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-12-18 11:10:58 · answer #9 · answered by ROBERT L O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. You'll probably get thumped by the officers as well.
2006-12-19 01:07:46 · answer #10 · answered by Young Police Boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋