African Americans in San Francisco are cited for resisting arrest at a rate eight times greater than whites even when serious crimes are not involved, according to statistics drawn from court records.
Police commissioner William Bratton told the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC yesterday that there’s a trend of people resisting arrest. “What we’re seeing … over the last several months [is] a number of ...
Under California law, resisting, delaying, or obstructing a police officer, while they are doing their job, can also be a stand-alone crime. There doesn't have to be an underlying charge. Captain Jeff ...
Leah Grady, 24, was found guilty of resisting an officer during a Jacksonville City Council meeting, with police citing ...
Handcuffed in the back of a Sterling Heights Police cruiser, Logan Davis knew he was being recorded by an in-car camera and said in frustration: "You see what they do to Black, young men in America ...
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton today called for the state to change resisting arrest to a felony charge. Mr. Bratton testified today before a joint hearing of four State Senate committees, where he ...