Seems like a catch 22 that when an officer resorts to illegal behavior against a citizen, that citizen is considered a criminal for defending herself physically from those officers to save her own life or to protect her own rights. As well, it applies to witnesses who might feel the inclination to help someone in need of protection against officers behaving illegally.

Example 1, video: Alaska State Trooper arrests young woman for nothing
Example 2, article: California dad ‘begged for his life’ as police beat him to death – witnesses

It’s great if there is video evidence. That would surely help your court case (as long as the evidence isn’t tampered with) but if you’re dead as a result of laying your life down and not defending yourself from an officer, it doesn’t do you much good either.

If you do physically defend yourself (or someone else) against an illegal attack from an officer you will have to stand trial for “assuault on a police officer” or whatever it’s called, but isn’t that a better outcome than just laying there getting beaten until you’re dead? Isn’t it better that officers know that neither will the people, nor the law be on their side when they are misbehaving?

Topics: police, law, evil, lawyer, law enforcement, fighting, court, self-defence