[QUOTE=MarkB;1140831]Cops cannot just arrest you for nothing ... there would be absolute mayhem if they had that power. There has to be a clear charge ... and there has to be sufficient evidence presented. Sounds to me like they could not communicate to her WHY she was being arrested.[/QUOTE
She was being arrested. I’m sure the police had the authority. The facts are, she was actively resisting the arrest. The lawfulness or reasonableness of that arrest will be decided by a court. Bottom line, she made the decision to cause the escalation of police use of force..the harder one resists, the more force is authorized by police....the person being arrested decides how much force the police will use.....they are authorized to use only as much force as is necessary to affect a lawful purpose.