If only Eric Garner wasn’t resisting arrest, he would be alive. NYPD defenders told me that as I covered the months of rage following the July death of the Staten Island man, as police tried to arrest ...
In the wake of Eric Garner’s death, the head of the NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, a police interest group, blamed Garner: “You cannot resist arrest, that’s a crime.” But it’s not a crime ...
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 ...
It can probably be said that no one wants to get arrested. And oftentimes – whether right or wrong – a person may put up a fight to avoid going to jail. Under South Carolina law, that’s called ...
Three Massachusetts men pleaded guilty to resisting arrest after fleeing police in Exeter's town forest. The incident prompted a large police response, including a helicopter and K9 units, and caused ...
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, said he would not prosecute some instances of resisting arrest, prompting a dispute about the nature of policing. By Jonah E. Bromwich and Troy Closson ...
Weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a crackdown on civil disobedience and protesters who target police, a Florida prosecutor has instructed her staff to stop pursuing resisting arrest charges in ...
When you read the title, you may have had a double take: “A mental coach is telling me to accept my negativity? How can that be?” I realize that my statement is counterintuitive, but let me show you ...
Resisting everyday manipulation from media, family, friends, work, and relationships is hard. It seems that we learn little from past manipulation because we find ourselves falling for it again and ...