Warrants aren't convictions. THAT'S the difference. The SC man hadn't escaped from a penitentiary and we only have the officer's word that he resisted arrest. Hardly the same ballpark as the NY situation.Let's see, resisting arrest = felony, fleeing arrest = felony, sounds about the same to me. The guy in SC had a warrant on him, meaning he was an outlaw also.]The prison escapee was already convicted and, therefore, an outlaw. He didn't have the same rights as someone being arrested on a new charge.