Touching an on-duty police officer is considered battery, regardless of intention. Cursing them or attempting to stop an arrest in any way is considered interference with an arrest - which can be a felony.
Not saying who was right or who was wrong in this case, just pointing out the legal aspects. It looked like she reacted to him striking her first, which is a pretty normal response, but it likely bought her a conviction. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Putting your hand on someone's shoulder is not trying to prevent an > arrest.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337174 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
