Joe speaks out

[CJD]

(06-06-2020, 12:20 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Are they statistically more likely to resist? Or are the statistically more likely to be charged with resisting?

I had a friend arrested for drug possession. He had a prescription pain pill in his pocket for a hernia operation. Neither of us knew not having the pill in the prescription bottle was illegal. The police officer also arrested him for resisting when he asked, “Are you ***** serious?” All charges were dropped later. But that’s all it takes to be arrested for resisting.

That's a good question. I'm not sure. I think all the "BuT bLaCk PeOpLe CoMmIt MoRe CrImE" arguments are pretty absurd to begin with. Studies have shown that black people were arrested and charged for possessing weed at a much higher rate than white people, despite black and white people statistically smoking it at an equivalent rate.

So I wouldn't be surprised at all if that were the case with resisting arrest as well.