>^^^^^
>CB: Also, it is not a crime to yell at a police officer in your house.
>So, the arrest
>was illegal. :>)
yeah. it is. they call it assault. if you wag your finger at them, they call it battery. it might not be de jure, but it is sure as shit de facto.
sociologically speaking, it boils down to this: the issue is about respect for the cops. if you show that you diss them, then how DARE you. you have shown that you dare disrespect their authority, to them, then you have no respect for the law. it's the same reason why they give cop killers the death penalty or harsher sentences. ditto if you hit, kick, bite a cop. bigger violation against a cop than citizen.
shag