noun
falsely provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down to justify arrest
A slang term referring to a police tactic where an officer deliberately falls or pretends to be knocked over in order to charge someone with obstruction of official duties (公務執行妨害). Used in contexts critical of police conduct.
See also: 公妨
転び公妨で逮捕されたと抗議する人がいる。
Some people protest that they were arrested through a staged obstruction charge.
Abbreviation of 公務執行妨害 (obstruction of official duties). 転び公妨 specifically refers to a staged version of this charge.
Compound of 転び (korobi, 'falling') and 公妨 (kōbō), an abbreviation of 公務執行妨害 (kōmu shikkō bōgai, 'obstruction of official duties'). The term describes a scenario where police pretend to be knocked down to fabricate grounds for an obstruction charge.