Illinois Code § 720 ILCS 5/7-7

Private person's use of force in resisting arrest.
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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.

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