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Also using force to resist arrest is very much grounds for the police to kill you. You don't even need to use all that much force for the cops to be considered justified.
Technically using deadly force against law enforcement or against bystanders (that part's important, because it means that even though Maxima may personally not be any danger she can use deadly force to protect others who lack her durability) allows law enforcement to respond with deadly force of its own.

Use of deadly force is only allowed until the threat is nullified, which is not a license to kill. In particular, deadly force is not to be deployed against a fleeing subject unless they represent an immanent threat to the public. So, in this situation, once Maxima and Hench Wench get portalled into the water, where there are no bystanders, the justification for deadly force disappears.

Also, Maxima does use deadly force in the two most recent strips. Chokeholds can kill. Current law on the subject is complex (forum rules probably prevent any analysis beyond that), but considering that Maxima could almost certainly squeeze Hench Wench's head right off, her use of the move certainly qualifies as such.