If you scuffle with police then reach for their belts, you are tempting fate — no matter what your color.
Bottom line: Yes!
Conn tells Garris he is under arrest, but he begins to struggle with the officers
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If you scuffle with police then reach for their belts, you are tempting fate
Absolutely. Who resists physically when cops are trying to talk to you and see what the heck is going on? A suicidal nut, that's who.
Your excellent point also underlines the lunacy of having females attempt to arrest males. If there's one female officer in the US capable of physically controlling a male who is resisting arrest for doing something nutty, it's a lot.
Female policemen is such a lame idea, it's unfair to criminals. They look at the girl, and say, "She can't stop me," and shake her off. The situation can't be allowed to get out of control, for the sake of the officers and the public, so any backup cops have to shoot the guy. Maybe over something that turns out to be trivial.
But if the arrest is made by an intimidating male, resistance is way less likely, and the event finishes with everyone alive. Female cops are dangerous to everyone, including themselves, because they aren't intimidating--in many cases, not even to other women.