Arnetta wanted to be arrested, while Wash could not understand why people would allow themselves to be arrested.
Explanation:
According to excerpts gotten from the book " We've got a job" Arnetta refused to attend the mass meeting, she was greatly disappointed due to the fact that she was not arrested by the police because she had somehow gotten separated from the rest of the Peace Ponies gang members, some of which were arrested.
Wash could not fathom why people would allow themselves to get arrested, this is because he has had a bad experience with the police and he now sees them as vicious murderers.
