Trains

02-17-2022 @ 01:06 AM

It's 1:06  AM right now as I'm writing this.  A minute or 2 ago I began having different trains of thought  suddenly slide into my awareness.  It happened so smoothly I almost didn't notice.

There was more to it than just a train of thought - there was a subject (night have meant as a title), at least 2 arguments to support the subject (already though through to some extent), and it all arrived with the impression of an alleged explanation.

Hearing or "hearing" something in ones head is a major indication that perception due to suggestion just occured.  There's no good way to tell how much of it I "heard", how much was "missed", or how much was filled in or replaced automatically as I heard it.  Still, here are the details clear enough to take note of:

• 'Resisting Arrest' - a crime that should be rolled back and tossed out.'
• Every police officer in the [country or world] will have reason to kill you.'
• 'Resisting Arrest' should be an expected response to being arrested.'
• 'If Resisting Arrest never occurred, it would mean we could trust every potential lawbreaker to go turn themselves in every time a law was broken.'

Someone spent some effort to get those 'notes' in my head just after 1:00 AM.  (I'd like to know who they are)

Here's what the alleged 'notes' turned into as I continued writing the post.

Yes, that would be very backwards.  The reality of arrests is they often involve an unconscious mind which is operating on instinct and reflex.  There's a sense that by getting out of an officers field of view for just a few seconds will mean they're safe.

Maybe our movies and television can be scripted with less running and fighting with police and more calm, respectful, behaviour - on both sides.  And I really can't see a need for "Dumbest Criminal" type shows unless they exist as a suggestion intended to result in dumb things during a crime.

I think we can do better than that.

Until that does or doesn't happen, there's no justifiable reason that an individual's natural and instinctive reaction to arrest should be a crime added to a crime.  Protecting our officers from assault makes perfect sense in my opinion.  But if that's the reason for these types of statutes then not withdrawing them should be equally criminal.

Soon, someone with no formal training or education or experience in things relationship or psychological will soon be claiming that the first type of crime with convictions that need to be COMPLETELY and UTTERLY stricken from the books is:

Convictions that involve resisting arrest.

02-17-2022 @ 01:29 AM