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When the Only Crime Is Resisting Arrest

STOP RESISTING?

Two state lawmakers want to make resisting arrest a felony. They believe it would lower the chance of it happening. But opponents say resisting arrest charges are already dropping—and that the charge is already widely misused.

Josh Robin

Published Mar. 29 2015 6:45AM EDT

articles/2015/03/29/when-the-only-crime-is-resisting-arrest/150328-robin-resisting-arrest-tease_dbj3kc — Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters

Josh Robin

Josh Robin

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