That'll teach the bloody troublemakers to respect our authority!
Yep, it was choosing to resist arrest that got him killed.
Five cops standing there, and you just refuse to obey the lead cop and just play the regular game of handcuffs and getting bailed out by your wife. Go look around a regular town in America and ask yourself if five cops were within twenty feet of you and determined to arrest you....why would you say no?
That'll teach the bloody troublemakers to respect our authority!