since9
Campaign Veteran
Simply put, if you even believe for a half a second that reasonable resistance against a law enforcement officer is going to prevent an illegal arrest, then you're plain daft. The cop WILL escalate his force, no matter how wrong he is going to be, so it will ultimately result in deadly force, period.
WRONG. Though it is a gamble. Read on:
"The United States Supreme Court, and every other court in the past
deciding upon the matter, has recognized that "at common Law", a
person had the right to "resist the illegal attempt to arrest him."
John Bad Elk v. United States, 177 U.S. 529
If I were approached by law enforcement officers and arrested for conducting law-abiding activities such as carring a firearm in public (OC is allowed here in Colorado), I would comply with them completely!
Afterwards, I'd promptly sue their ass for wrongful arrest and/or prosecution. Public officials MAY NOT unlawfully detain or arrest citizens engaged in lawful behavior.
If they do so, everyone in the chain is subject to civil suit, and as much as I applaud their sacrifice over the years (I did much the same in the military), I reconize that they subject themselves to such scrutiny when they devolve to such horrendous levels of behaviour.