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Old 01-30-10, 04:33 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by DarkFish View Post
nope, all he did was raising our flag and refusing to lower it when asked. It isn't illegal to raise the Dutch flag ANYWHERE so they shouldn't even have asked him.
He did resist the officers, but only after he was arrested and cuffed. Most of the 'disturbance' was done by the other people protesting against him being arrested.

Not a good idea to resist officers of the law. That is too bad. The raising of the flag would probably be thrown out of court (since you are saying it is not illegal). But the resisting of the officers, might not.

The time to resist a law officer is in court and you don't do it physically.

I have been arrested twice in my life. Both times I was "Mr. Cooperative" Both times the charges were dropped (I did not do anything illegal) and both times the officers thanked me for not making a fuss.

Anyway, I hope your father will be OK. Perhaps the resisting/disturbing charges will be dropped. Let's hope your father learned his lesson.
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