The Clash - "Know Your Rights"
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Your Right of Defense Against Unlawful Arrest "Citizens may resist unlawful arrest to the point of taking an arresting officer's life if necessary." Plummer v. State, 136 Ind. 306. This premise was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case: John Bad Elk v. US, 177 US 529. The Court stated: "Where the officer is killed in the course of the disorder which naturally accompanies an attempted arrest that is resisted, the law looks with very different eyes upon the transaction ... Keywords: clash, punk, rock, joe, strummer, riot, protest, cop, police, brutality, anti, war, george, bush |
