In some countries, resisting arrest is a criminal charge against an individual who has committed, depending on the jurisdiction, at least one of the following acts:
fleeing a police officer while being arrested
threatening a police officer with physical violence while being arrested
physically struggling to free oneself from being restrained (handcuffed or put into the police vehicle)
attacking a police officer while being arrested (also known as assault)
providing an officer with false identification (either verbally or by presentation of a false official document, i.e. a fake ID)
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