@freemo are you pointing at the concept of being arrested "for" something in general or that an original reason for arrest would still be valid if it was valid initially?
@robryk I literally watched a cop video where a bunch of cops arrested someone and claimed the reason was resisting arrest. Its something ive seen in random cop videos half a dozen times.
@freemo there's one other thing that's imo incorrectly popularly accepted: that an arrest is a punishment. Training about being arrested "for" something imo perpetuates that notion, which the power hungry variant of the police want to do, because it increases their discretionary power.
@robryk the law is quite clear that you cant arrest someone for resisting arrest, but yes you need a reason to arrest someone. What those reasons are is quite specific though.
@freemo oh, do you have references? I thought that resisting a _legal_ arrest in the US could be reasonable grounds for an arrest, which would be valid iff there was a valid reason for the arrest that was being resisted.
@robryk im ok with that :)