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In most cases, when a police officer tackles a suspect, the person being tackled in arrested.

Without an arrest, it is difficult to explain why an officer would tackle a person who was not breaking a law.

....”Without an arrest, it is difficult to explain why an officer would tackle a person who was not breaking a law....

Uh?....

Resisting a direct police order is breaking the law.

“In most cases, when a police officer tackles a suspect, the person being tackled in arrested.

Without an arrest, it is difficult to explain why an officer would tackle a person who was not breaking a law.”
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Dufus, she was DETAINED (look it up, it will help in your education) not arrested. She was REFUSING POLICE ORDERS TO DISPERSE. Many, many people (particularly juveniles) get detained for a while and do not get arrested after police have a situation under control but are instead released (sometimes to the custody of a parent).

In Baltimore, Freddie Gray was DETAINED because of reasonable suspicion (i.e., being in a high crime area and fleeing police upon encounter). AFTER HE WAS DETAINED (including being handcuffed) he was searched and, while no drugs were found on his person, an illegal knife was found in his possession. It was only then that he was ARRESTED. So do you get it...being detained (which can include being brought down and handcuffed) does not always precede an arrest. The fact that a person is not arrested following detention does not make the detention illegal.

The video is quite clear that not only did she not obey a lawful order, she resisted in every possible way. Why she was not arrested has more to do with political correctness than evidence that it has suddenly become legal to resist arrest whenever you feel the cop is in the wrong.

Really? You have it out for police, on every single thread without fail, that much is clear.

Your characterization of the takedown as a "tackle" has as much basis in reality as your characterization of a touch of a hand on a shoulder as "restraining".

So, you have not answered my question. This seems to be your favorite tactic, and is one practiced as a matter of course by certain types of people, you ignore the question and move on, so I will state it again, in bold because you may have missed it and it is an important question:

If a cop responds to a mob scene, in your world, is it permissible to ignore the LAWFUL, REPEATED instructions of a police officer to disperse?