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Most crucially, resisting arrest is only dismissed if it's in conjunction with one of the misdemeanors listed above. So for instance, if a sex worker was arrested for loitering, and resisting arrest, both the loitering and the resisting arrest charge would be dismissed. But if she hit the cop, she'd still be charged, and if she resisted arrest after actual prostitution she'd be charged with both.




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