NYPD Commissioner Wants To Make Resisting Arrest A Felony

[Jello Biafra]

Bratton: Raising Resisting Arrest to a Felony Would Be ‘Very Helpful’

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton today called for the state to change resisting arrest to a felony charge.

Mr. Bratton testified today before a joint hearing of four State Senate committees, where he made a number of recommendations—including suggesting that the penalty increase for resisting arrest. Currently, resisting arrest is a misdemeanor carrying a maximum punishment of one year, which Mr. Bratton argued does not deter the nearly 2,000 resisting arrest charges each year.

“I think a felony would be very helpful in terms of raising the bar significantly in the penalty for the resistance of arrest,” Mr. Bratton told reporters after speaking at the hearing in lower Manhattan.

The top cop reiterated previous statements that resisting arrest is impermissible, and endangers both law enforcement and civilians.

“We need to get around this idea that you can resist arrest. You can’t. You just can’t do it. It results in potential injuries to the officer, to the suspect. And we need to change that, and the way to change that is to start penalties for it,” he said.

He acknowledged that many cases may not be legitimate—advocates complain that resisting arrest is often the only charge against someone who was not resisting arrest for something else and that it’s often tossed out. Mr. Bratton said the department would expand its CompStat tracking program to monitor how many such charges are vacated.

“The vast majority might end up being dismissed,” he said, though he suggested district attorneys at times dismiss such charges out of hand. “We’re asking district attorneys to treat them more seriously than they have been treated in the past.”

Mr. Bratton also called for laws instituting more severe penalties for fatally assaulting an officer, for attacking a school safety agent or auxiliary cop and for wearing a bullet-proof vest. He also recommended measures mandating bulletproof glass in all police cars, and for tighter regulations on civilian window tinting, as well as punishments for anyone who would publicize the address and other personal information of a police officer.



Read more at http://observer.com/2015/02/bratton...a-felony-would-be-very-helpful/#ixzz3RvK80C4s

This old sack of crap.... For him to even be attempting to get something like this passed under the current heightened atmosphere in this country just shows what an out of touch piece of crap he is.
Resisting arrest is a catch-all charge that cops claim happens during almost every arrest. Hell sometimes all they will charge people with is resisting arrest which is odd because if you aren't being charged with anything else than what the fukk were you resisting?

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

How about mandatory jail time for these crooked ass cops.

 

[thekingsmen]

Resisting arrest is putting your hands up when they ask for your hands behind your back. You are going to jail regardless, might as well give them something to remember you by.

 

[Mohammed Sindhi]

Fight the corrupt peeps in power, y'all.

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[Type Username Here]

The thing is that sometimes resisting arrest is the ONLY charge applied. How the fukk does that make sense?

"I wasn't going to arrest you but since you resisted not being arrested, I will arrest you"



Resisting arrest should always be an add-on charge to something more serious. Thus, as a misdemeanor, it is fine as it is.

 

[thekingsmen]

The thing is that sometimes resisting arrest is the ONLY charge applied. How the fukk does that make sense?

"I wasn't going to arrest you but since you resisted not being arrested, I will arrest you"



Resisting arrest should always be an add-on charge to something more serious. Thus, as a misdemeanor, it is fine as it is.

Things don't have to make sense, the agenda is for it to be applied, not questioned.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Sometimes we should resist arrest. I'm not about to let somebody unlawfully cuff me and do what they please. I would rather have life , and let my lawyers contact you later than let you have the upper hand. Sometimes arrests lead to death , so resisting is the best thing to do (sometimes).

 

[Type Username Here]

Things don't have to make sense, the agenda is for it to be applied, not questioned.

It's what happens when lawyers run our societies.

 

[Matt504]

"all we gotta do is"

-anonymous

 

[thekingsmen]

It's what happens when lawyers run our societies.

The lawyers write the laws, the politicians sign it into law, and the rich fund it.

 

[Liu Kang]

What are people expecting from a police commissioner ? He's on the repressive side of the law so of course is logic is to push for more repression.

 

[ill]

The thing is that sometimes resisting arrest is the ONLY charge applied. How the fukk does that make sense?

"I wasn't going to arrest you but since you resisted not being arrested, I will arrest you"



Resisting arrest should always be an add-on charge to something more serious. Thus, as a misdemeanor, it is fine as it is.

This endless circle always drove me nuts. Its the easiest cop out for police.

 

[JahFocus CS]

de Blasio, the famed anti-police crusader, appointed this guy.

 

[RatherUnique]

2000 a year? In a city of 8.5 million that's so insignificant. Acting like this an epidemic or something. shyt is retarded. A felony?