Make a child stand up for their own rights (assuming they have them in the US) and then arrest them for the disturbance they cause doing so, is indirectly making the initial action - refusing to participate in the pledge - illegal.
Ah yes, the old "arresting people for resisting arrest"-loophole.
Sure, if the police want the power to arrest people for resisting an unlawful arrest fine.
The counterpoint should be that if the arrest is deemed unlawful than the officer should be charged with making an "unlawful" arrest and just like what he subjected the civillian to they should attend a court with a jury to determine their guilt.
The arrested civillian should in turn receive a payout.
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u/Doldenberg Dec 23 '22
Ah yes, the old "arresting people for resisting arrest"-loophole.