Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
The guy did stop, he took off his coat to show he had no weapons and the other cops were literally seconds away from getting to the scene. Nothing there justifies rugby tackling the geezer let alone smashing his canister in, nobody was in danger.

Why shouldn't people have the right to question why they're being stopped?

I can't stand pricks that blame everything on racism but there's no justification for behaviour like that unless the man was a wanted crim or threat to the cozzer or public.


Yeah, me neither (seriously).... but consider this:


"Cain’s jaywalking accusation exemplifies a pattern within the Del Paso Heights police district, which in the past year has been responsible for nearly 75 percent of jaywalking citations issued in the city. Half of those have gone to African-Americans, who are only about 15 percent of the area’s residents."

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editor...#storylink=cpy



So either blacks in Del Paso Heights police district do a hell of a lot more jaywalking than anybody else, or.....