{"data":{"id":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-7-7","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"720 ILCS 5/7-7","heading":"Private person's use of force in resisting arrest.","body":"A person is not authorized to use force to resist an arrest which he knows is being made either by a peace officer or by a private person summoned and directed by a peace officer to make the arrest, even if he believes that the arrest is unlawful and the arrest in fact is unlawful.","path":["CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES","Criminal Code of 2012."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1876\u0026ChapterID=53\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:41Z","sha256":"e8724142513001b885c5c06da7198bde43d87ba75740e0ddb22cca158c54dfe5","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-7-6","next":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-7-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}