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We had an arrestee down and he was biting, kicking, and trying to punch and scratch. The whole time he was yelling, “I’m not resisting! Police brutality!” One of the witnesses (fortunately only one) completely disregarded what she saw and reported what she heard.

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Levels of force and levels of resistance have different names in different agencies. Don’t get hung up on names.

Levels of resistance are scaled as None, Verbal, Static, Active, Ominous, and Lethal.

None

Verbal

Some threats hope for a lawsuit in their favor. A desire for publicity will lead some to attempt to provoke officers into an unjustified use of force.

A local photographer told me she had attended classes run by a protest group specifically on how to bait officers into making a motion that would look like a strike on camera. For example, one protester would pretend to fling a cup of liquid at the officer. The cup would be empty, but when the officer’s hand flinched up to protect his face, a photographer would be waiting at an angle such that the motion would look like a strike.