Firstly, let me say that in the following video, the guy is asking for what he gets by being disrespectful towards the officers involved. Why is that an issue? Because they are officers of the law and that's about the same thing as mobsters or your average gang. They have guns, they have power, you do what they say or else.

Now to the point of this journal: Why are there so many bull shit laws on the books that allow cops to arrest you for no reason? Resisting arrest is the biggest BS rule as ANY thing you say or do can be construed as resisting. There was an elder protester some times ago (I forget his name) who, when confronted by law enforcement, would lay down on the ground with his hands behind his back and go limp so that they could not say he was resisting them. BUT, since this forced them to lift him up off of the ground, can you guess what they charged him with? That's right, resisting arrest. There's another one (I forget the name of the rule) where you can be arrested for failing to answer their questions. In some states you can be arrested if you don't ID yourself. And there's a ton of other little things they can claim you did or didn't do that allows them to arrest you. Half the time these things get thrown out 'if' they make it to court but it's still more BS to waste your time and give them power over you. Disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and harrasment of a public servant are also BS they can use. A cop can shove you if your in his or her way but god forbid you push back or even touch them...

And the part where he say he'd be in the right to defend himself from the cop with force? Ya, in some states that IS legal. Like Indiana. If a cop comes to your house and forces his way in without a warrant (there's some other things to it as well), you have the RIGHT to shoot him. Of course you better have some witnesses on hand and hopefully video tape the encounter because your not just going to get away with defending yourself and your rights against one of 'them'. The rest of 'them' will be out for you afterwards, specially if you aren't charged for it. When I was taking my concealed carry training course, the instructor (who was a retired police officer) straight out told us that as responsible gun owners, should we see an officer abusing some one (rodney king for example) that we should step up and tell them they are being excessive in their use of force and even draw out weapons to defend said victim (and ourselves). I almost started laughing when he said that because in the US, if I pulled a fire arm and pointed it at a cop who's beating some one, odds are that cop is going to shoot me and be justified in doing so and if he doesn't, his buddies will when they get on scene. There's no possible explanation I'm going to give that will justify my actions at that time and even if I put my gun down when other officers arrive, I'm going to be 'subdued' not only by them BUT the officer I pulled the gun on and at that point, it'll be my word against theirs' regarding what happens, and cops cover for one another so I'm fucked.

Thoughts?