Romano-FSS 776.051 Use or threatened use of force in resisting arrest or making an arrest or in the execution of a legal duty

Question 1

A person is NOT justified in the use or threatened use of force to resist an arrest by a law enforcement officer

Answer 1

if the law enforcement officer was acting in good faith and he or she is known, or reasonably appears, to be a law enforcement officer.

Question 2

A law enforcement officer is not justified in the use of force if the arrest or execution of a legal duty is

Answer 2

unlawful and known by him or her to be unlawful.