Virginia Circuit Court Acknowledges Justifiable Force to Resist an Unlawful Arrest
Virginia Circuit Court Acknowledges Justifiable Force to Resist an Unlawful Arrest
This is a dated case back to 2000 but it’s great to discover these cases in Virginia because it reveals that there is a common law remedy in resisting unlawful arrests by force. In the instant case, the citizen refused to come out of his home. When commanded, absent a warrant or probable cause, the citizen pushed the officer away from him and shut his door to the home. He was found to be on the…
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