I remember before cameras I’d see a story where the cops said someone “resisted arrest”, “made a furtive move” “reached for his waistband” and the story just seemed fishy. I’d get into arguments with this fellow who was a lawyer who represented police, and he’d get very angry that I’d question these stories.
When cameras became more common, many of these “fishy” stories did, in fact, turn out to be police frauds.
There is no right to flee or to resist arrest.
Resisting arrest is always endangering the cop and violating the cop’s civil right to a safe work place.
Cops neede batons and billy clubs to adequately contain criminals who resist