Is This Arrest Valid, Officer Sir?
Author: Hallidae Thomason

First before I confuse you to the point of no return I am
talking about an arrest by a police officer for an alleged
crime. What I am not talking about is any other type of arrest
whether it be a citizen's arrest for loitering or a cardiac
arrest after suffering a massive heart attack that involved the
Left Anterior Descending Artery. I just want to make some
comments that may help a reader when they are arrested in an
instance where the law has either overstepped their bounds or
where they are not understanding the situation that has
transpired.

Most arrests where this occurs involves a group of people
involved in an activity that is considered by the general
public to be contrary to the greater good. Many times when an
officer makes an arrest they are just going on the basis of
guilt by association and this is where the problem lies. So
what does the arrestee have as a course of action that is
within his rights as a citizen of the United States of America?
Well unfortunately very few unless they know something about due
process and when that process is being handled incorrectly and
therefore illegally.

The problem here is that many people don't understand what is
involved in an arrest that is carried out in a legal and
forthright manner and therefore cannot question it and end up
going along unnecessarily. Police officers know this and it
make them relax in their duties and they do not often go
through the correct process because it is a hassle and they
know that if the person being arrested doesn't know any better
then nothing will come of it.

This is where the fun begins my friends because due process is
not that hard to understand and know (I mean COPS learn it
right? It can't be that hard!) and therefore you can legally
refuse to be arrested if there is no legal basis for arrest and
can stick it to those guys who are addicted to their authority.
Now this is not to say that you should go out and do
questionable behaviors just to catch a cop with his head up his
butt but it does come in useful from time to time.


About The Author: Hallidae Thomason, as an attorney, is
frustrated with the abuse of power that he constantly sees as
he makes his defenses against wrongful arrest. If you could use
more information, go to http://www.arresthub.info