She had already refused to leave her desk multiple times when asked by multiple different people. Words were not working and she was not standing of her own volition. What then?

I read the first sentence and logged into my burner account to disagree.

Obviously conservationist Carl Safina has never met my cat.

Let me get this straight: you are saying that the girl was not resisting arrest, because she was not told she was under arrest, and the police are lying about trying to arrest her, because there’s no evidence in the video of the altercation?

Refusing to be arrested (being non-compliant) is resisting the act of arrest.

I agree with you. But a student refusing to follow directions of teachers and administrators is not a day to day discipline situation. If everything about the story is correct, they only placed her under arrest as an absolute last resort.

Richland County sheriff Leon Lott has already spoken on the incident, telling WIS-TV, “The student was told she was under arrest for disturbing school and given instructions which she again refused. The video then shows the student resisting and being arrested by the SRO.”

Did you read the article you commented on?

It becomes a criminal matter when the student refuses to follow directions of teachers and administrators to leave the classroom. She was justifiably placed under arrest. She was not justifiably assaulted. Get it yet?

The original comment insinuated she wasn’t resisting arrest. She was resisting arrest. That’s all.

Non-compliance when being placed under arrest is resisting arrest.

The fact that you would insinuate that somebody is defending an adult assaulting a child based on the correction of the term “resisting arrest” says a lot about your reading comprehension.

Never said it did. But she was resisting arrest.

Oh so next time I’m arrested, I’ll just say no and everything will magically go away.

Did you read the story or just watch the video? She was asked to leave the classroom by the teacher and then an administrator and refused. The SRO asked her to stand and she refused, so she was placed under arrest. When she refused to be placed under arrest, she was resisting arrest, which was all my original point…

She was asked to leave the classroom by the teacher, an administrator, and then the SRO. I’m not justifying anyone’s actions, but she was, by definition, resisting arrest.

So...refusing to be arrested isn’t resisting arrest? Is that what you’re getting at?

It is, and always has been, a victimization dick measuring contest. Each side wants to seem sympathetic based on the number of threats they’re supposedly receiving.

People who still care about GamerGate in either direction are insufferable and not worth listening to.

She was being asked to stand up and refused.