the thin blue line can and will do this to anyone, and have;


Detroit, MI — Walking across the street in a manner not fit for the police state can often end in serious injury or death — not necessarily because of a car running you over either. The enforcement of jaywalking laws in this country have gone to the extreme and a new settlement out of Detroit shows just how far cops are willing to go to “protect” people from crossing the street in the wrong way. A Detroit man has learned the hard way how any contact with the police can turn into a freedom and potentially life-threatening situation. Police contacts with citizens for things such as a broken tail light, window tint, and loud music can and sometimes turns into a serious life or death situation. Jaywalking is no exception.
As we’ve consistently reported police often use the victimless crime of jaywalking to escalate use of force against citizens. Steele Hughes, 27, walked across the street in June 2017 after he and his fiancé left Fishbone’s restaurant in Greektown.
I shouldn’t have jaywalked. I can acknowledge that…[but] The officers shouldn’t have touched me. I shouldn’t have been arrested. I shouldn’t have been arrested for 72 hours.........https://thefreethoughtproject.com/taxpayers-held-liable-after-video-showed-cops-beat-kidnap-man-for-improperly-walking-across-the-street/