What To Do If You Have Been Beaten-Up or Falsely Arrested By The Police?

Some police officers really do bad things to people who don't deserve it. If the police get a call from your neighbor because you are arguing loudly with your spouse, don't be surprised if you find the police banging on your door, demanding their warrantless entry into, or your exiting, your home, and then detaining and handcuffing you. Moreover, when the police then do a "protective sweep" of your house, and you object to the same, don't be surprised if you are slammed against the wall or down onto the ground, beaten, tased or pepper sprayed by the police. Once the police cross that line and use force upon you, you are going to jai for some “resistance offense”; crimes that are so vague, that almost any conduct by one can be twisted into the truly innocent of having somehow “resisted” or “delayed” or “obstructed” a police officer - Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) and felony "resisting", Cal. Penal Code § 69; today's crime du jour for the police. After all, if a police officer used force upon you, how would it look if he/she just let you go? Accordingly, the police arrest you and procure your malicious criminal prosecution, to shift the blame from them to you; for them having to use force upon you because you committed some crime. The police are not legal scholars, but they are taught from day one, that if you are convicted of such a "resistance offense", then you are now basically legally “precluded” from suing the police for their outrages perpetrated against you. Because the courts and District Attorneys are usually more than happy to help the police protect them from you, here's what you need to know if you are a victim of police misconduct.