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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn
American citizens are not required to cooperate with the police by answering questions or providing explanations. There is no evidence in this video that this guy resisted being detained nor any evidence that he was under arrest at any point. That's just speculation. It's just as likely that these officers grabbed him up to bully and intimidate him for the non-crime of "contempt of cop" and in the process killed the poor bastard.
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You are right. You are not required to cooperate with police. However, if police show up and investigate a crime and you refuse to cooperate, you become a suspect, and at that point yes they can detain you in handcuffs.
There is no evidence in the video he resisted arrest in any shape or form, but we only saw a portion of what happened. Pepper spray was used and we didn't see that either.
He refused to cooperate, they detained him as a potential suspect, and he resisted, and when you resist you are going down.