Synonyms for resisting arrest
re·sist·ing ar·rest

Princeton's WordNet

1. resisting arrestnoun

   physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest

Matched Categories

1. • Assault
   • Battery

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1. Theresa Rucks:

   She shouldn’t have been in any kind of trouble. Now it turned out to be where she’s in McCracken because the assistant principal did not like what her shirt had read, they got her with resisting arrest for a shirt that was peaceful protesting.

2. Andrew Brown:

   When weighing the degree of force used, a prosecutor must pay careful attention to the facts and circumstances of each particular case including the severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of officers or others, and whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight, i find the facts of this case clearly illustrate the officers who used deadly force on Andrew Brown Jr. did so reasonably and only when a violent felon used a deadly weapon to place their lives in danger.

3. Donald Williams:

   I said,' officer, he's not resisting arrest, you have your knee on him and you have handcuffs on him, he's detained at this moment,'.

4. Mia Paz in jail:

   I had so much fear, I didn’t know how to manage it, and I lashed out. I ran from police until my first charge was for resisting arrest at age 15, i was arrested again at age 16. The police officer he sat on my back and he lashed my feet to my hands. What that policeman did, it felt not much different from what my uncle did. I could speak about the police, but I couldn't talk about my uncle, the fear was deep inside.

5. Peter King:

   You had a 350-pound person who was resisting arrest. The police were trying to bring him down as quickly as possible, if he had not had asthma and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died.