[Clubber]

Resisting arrest is pretty vague. If you say, "hey, wait a minute, let me explain," while they are turning you around to cuff you, that can be considered resisting. Really it doesn't have to be anything, they can just put that on the list of charges.

The courts in the United States regard resisting arrest as a separate charge or crime in addition to other alleged crimes committed by the arrested person. It is possible to be charged, tried and convicted on this charge alone, without any underlying cause for the original decision to arrest or even if the original arrest was clearly illegal.

That last sentence is the kicker. If a cop makes an illegal arrest and you resist non-violently, you get charged for it. Think about that for a minute. That alone gives any officer the ability to arrest you for anything they want, then claim resisting arrest and you now have a prosecutable charge, even when the arrest was clearly illegal. This is the case, do we really even have rights in the US, or is it an illusion?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resisting_arrest