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Maybe they're high?
Maybe they're angry?
Maybe they don't want to make the cops job easy for him?
Maybe they figure they'll get SOME small justice by resisting, even if it only makes them feel good a short time.
I don't believe the law and justice are the same...
It takes very little to be called "resistance". Even trying to pull your shirt back on because you've been manhandled is "resisting" - see the latest news.
I'm convinced that in many cases cops are grabbing suspects and someone is just trying to shake themselves loose like 'hey, it's okay, you don't have to grab me' and that is misinterpreted. Anything other than doing the little kid limp noodle trick seems to be resisting. I think innocent people who aren't used to being in situations like this are running high on adrenaline and not really thinking clearly or hearing everything....and LEO don't give ANY room at all before they go 100% SWAT team...so people get hurt.
I imagine myself somehow innocent in such a situation and my mind would be going 100 different directions - totally scared and confused, maybe mad because I don't understand what's happening or that it's wrong that it's happening.
Instinct, mostly. You're on the verge of losing your freedom--why wouldn't you resist, in the moment? You're not exactly thinking of a future court date as the cops converge and the adrenaline rushes. Personally, I don't really respect the police (the IQ of the smartest police officer out there is probably 40 points lower than mine), and if I ever found myself in the position of being arrested for a felony-level crime (I have a couple misdemeanors under my belt from my early 20s, but nothing serious), I'm sure I'd be resisting, too. Of course, the goal is to never find oneself in such circumstances. Anyway, police aren't exactly universally respected, you might be surprised to learn.
Instinct, mostly. You're on the verge of losing your freedom--why wouldn't you resist, in the moment? You're not exactly thinking of a future court date as the cops converge and the adrenaline rushes. Personally, I don't really respect the police (the IQ of the smartest police officer out there is probably 40 points lower than mine), and if I ever found myself in the position of being arrested for a felony-level crime (I have a couple misdemeanors under my belt from my early 20s, but nothing serious), I'm sure I'd be resisting, too. Of course, the goal is to never find oneself in such circumstances. Anyway, police aren't exactly universally respected, you might be surprised to learn.
<sigh> Your lack of "respect" for police seems a lot more like uninformed bias than any considered opinion. Perhaps you might consider entering one of the "ride along" programs that give a view different than what the media and BLM push.
From direct conversations, the #1 cause is drugs. Not only can that mean simple resisting, but superhuman strength. A report of one local arrest was of a woman weighing about 120lbs that it took three officers to subdue - in the median of a major thoroughfare - just to keep her from running into traffic.
Alcohol in this case is simply another drug. "Bad" drunks resist and try to fight.
Knowledge of other outstanding more serious warrants can make someone being arrested for even a minor offense desperate and panicked.
Youth and stupidity. Some people don't understand that you don't "win" a fight with a police officer. Whatever resistance or blows will be repaid by the courts, in addition to having the cuffs a little tighter.
Adrenaline and lack of control of emotions.
The news media feeds on stories of the lurid and unusual, especially if it can create a heightened emotional response. The representation of police gets skewed as a result. Those who don't have a high IQ fall for it.
At the bottom line, an officer on duty wants to come home in one piece and get to eventually retire. In the course of the job, they have to confront the dregs of society on an ongoing basis, as well as normal citizens. To survive, they must recognize that ANY person they come in contact with is not to be trusted, no matter how nice. Ted Bundy was eventually caught in a traffic stop.
There are codes of conduct that must be followed, or risk disciplinary action, loss of job, or even incarceration with people who the officer might have arrested. When everyone is running away from a scene, police HAVE to run towards it to save others and protect people who "don't respect" them.
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