If someone has to violate civil law and risk going to jail in order to obey Torah law, what is one supposed to do? It just so happened that I witnessed a car accident this Shabbat. No injuries, but a lot of property damage. A police officer arrived on the scene and demanded I sign a witness statement. He said if I didn’t sign it, he would put me in handcuffs and into a police car and take me to jail for failure to obey a lawful order. I told him I couldn’t sign on Saturday because of my religious beliefs, but he didn’t care. He was very mean and viewed me as uncooperative. There was no one else around I could ask for help. I concluded that either way, I would be breaking Shabbat, and I reluctantly signed it with a scribble.