Sounds like the usual drummed up charges.
Dare disagree with a denial of your right? That's disorderly conduct.
Refuse to consent to search? More of the same.
Resisting? That's almost a throw-away charge these days. No witnesses, just the word of the cop against the word of a average Joe. Average Joe loses every time.
Cops lie. Cops overcharge. Whether it's 1-percent of the force or 90-percent, the advice is the same: never trust the police unless it you who has engaged them. In a world were risk = probability of an event occuring multiplied by the harm caused should that event occur, you can never be too cautious when dealing with LEO. Moreso when dealing with under-trained, over-authorized LEO wannabes.
If these words offend any legitimate officers, I'm sorry. If you want to change this relationship, start taking a zero-tolerance approach to your brethern. Don't turn the other way when they lie about traffic tickets, DUI, resisting, disorderly, assualt, etc. Even the simplist lie about the most minor crime reinforces the above to the detriment of your credibility.
So a known druggie (with a huge criminal history) gets caught attempting to come through security with a large amount of cash, takes off running out of the checkpoint, knocking over anything that stands in his way (including people) and he is the "victim" in this case?
Drummed up charges? Some of the folks on this forum absolutely amaze me. The only time I hear such statements as yours are those I'm usually taking to jail, knowing they are guilty and refusing to take any responsibility for their actions. We are the bad guys and just pick on everyone because of a big head behind a badge...sigh. As far as the "resisting," it was not physically resisting arrest, but refusing to stop when told to by law enforcement. Had it been your mom, dad, brother, sister nailed by this guy on the way out of the airport, I'm sure you would have been complaining one way or the other that we did not do enough.
On a side note, as a DUI Instructor and one that often teaches at the state academy in the subject, please tell me how (or even why) police would lie about a DUI charge? Not to get side-tracked on the topic at hand, but considering that alcohol accounts for 40% of all
fatal crashes in this country, I'm assuming that you also think that DUI arrests are a sham as well. Absolutely ridiculous.
I can tell you feel you have someway been wronged by police in your lifetime, and whether it is true or not, it is sad that you make such generalized baseless statements about law enforcement on open forums. People who go through life with such hate and resentment towards what I consider still a noble profession (in my opinion) based on an isolated incident seem to live that way and grow old hateful and alone. I'm not denying there are bad apples in the bunch, but it is the same just as with any other profession. Are you the one that points to an officer with your child and says "he will take you to jail," or do you tell them "they are here to help."