Can you get arrested for cheering on a crime?
596088
I think it depends on the crime, and the effect the cheering has. I dont think that if you cheer on a drug dealer while they put him in the car, but you dont cause any property damage and you dont try to impead the arrest and you remain non-violent, that they are gonna charge you with inciteing a riot. If there was no riot you could not have incited it.
979834
No, what you do in other countries that is stil legal stays in those countries. Unless you violate any laws inside the U.S. they cannot arrest you.
368876
Yes, they can if the State Attorney or District Attorney feels that there is sufficient cause for an indictment on Theft by Deception. You would have to be able to prove your statement indicated above with an executed agreement. Verbal Agreements are very difficult to enforce and prove in Court.
235351
Man, I hate to tell you this, but depending on the judge, the DA and your PO's attitude, you can go to jail on one violation...you do have a right to counsel, excercise that right.
189191
There are alot of laws that give a police officer the power to arrest you. Those laws are mainly there for peolple that get out of control. It is up to the officer to decide if ones actions warrant arrest depending on the situation and that persons attitude. I was lighting fireworks with my kids the day after 4th of july because their cousins missed my fireworks show the night of the 4th. The police showed up, wanted to know why I was lighting fireworks and asked me to stop. Fireworks (at leat the ones I was shooting off) was illegal. I could have been arrested without them asking me for a explanation and certainly been arrested had I not complied.
1172384
In certain states you can press charges on a person for that.
20155
Unfortunately, if you know that someone is doing something wrong and fail to do nothing about it, you can also be charged with a crime. I suggest taking a look at http://www.findlaw.com for information.
498927
Only if you are caught!
75488
Sure you can.\n\nGiven your question, that's the best answer you're going to get.  Post some details and maybe you'll get something better.  Tell people what state you're in and maybe you'll even get pointed in the right direction.  \n\nThe ACLU loves to hear from people like you.\n\nAny attorney specializing in taking on law enforcement will be happy to take up your case, assuming you have a bucket of money to get him started.\n\nMore importantly, you might want to get schooled down on what a false arrest is, and what it takes to prove it in your state.  I hear from people all the time about being falsely arrested, and when you listen to the facts they are generally nowhere near being the victim of a false arrest.  All that's required for an arrest is probable cause, and probable cause is not a difficult thing to develop in an awful lot of circumstances.  Just because you were arrested and later released by the police, or charges were not filed by the prosecutor, or were found not guilty by a court, does not automatically mean you were falsely arrested....not by a long shot.\n\nYou can sue, sure.  But if I were you, I'd get myself a little more educated on the circumstances as they applied to your arrest (assuming it was you) at the time it happened.  You can also make a complaint to the officer's employer (watch out for the paranoid in the crowd to start up over that one), and you can certainly contact the FBI over a civil rights violation (and being falsely arrested, if true, could be a violation of your civil rights).\n\nGood luck.  Get yourself educated about what happened before you embarrass yourself, though.
979977
not if you dont mind going to jail. Its a promise to answer the charge, not an admission of anything.
214265
Perhaps you should ask your arresting officer.
944732
Only if you get caught
1151703
Yes, it's possible. Any citizen may place under arrest any person who they witness to violate any misdemeanor or felony law.
906356
You wouldn't go to jail.  You would just get a lot of bad media attention probably.  But jail no, this is America.
527872
In the US you likely will get arrested but, its not at all illegal. \n\nOf course the law never stopped the coppers, and their criminal cohorts who pose as "honorable".\n\nTechnically, for indecent exposure you must be sexually stimulated to be guilty. Of course then again that never stopped these liars, bullies and theives of society(the legal system).
1117333
Depends if you had anything to do with described crime.  If you were an innocent bystander, than no.  But if you were helping the criminal out, i.e preparing to drive him away from the scene of a crime before he got caught, then yes, its aiding and abetting a criminal
723957
If someone breaks the law they can be arrested.  If they haven't broke the law a fake charge can always be made up to arrest them.\n\nCoach