Two men had just crossed the street when they were rushed by several Austin police officers who shoved them against a wall, punching and kneeing them while telling them to stop resisting.
When asked what crime had the men committed, one of the cops looked up and said, “crossed against the light.”
Yes, that heinous crime of jaywalking, which is taken very serious in Austin as we learned last year when the city made international news after police beat up a jogger for jaywalking.
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http://www.mintpressnews.com/two-austin-men-beaten-by-police-for-jaywalking/211075/
I live in the Austin metro area. Austin police have a green light to apply "response to resistance" up to and including killing you if you resist arrest. Apparently this policy now means that anything other than groveling with your face in the dirt is "resistance".
I don't go downtown any more.
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