African American

What is that, a three year old's excuse? He "made" them use excessive force? Over jaywalking? I think not. I think it was two bored cops looking to play big shot on a slow evening, and when the victim didn't kowtow quick enough to their egos, violence ensued. Nobody "makes" police get out of the cruiser and go 2-1 on a guy. What bored a-hole of a cop even writes jaywalking tickets anymore? I see our local cops here jaywalking themselves, cutting corners across a parking lot to reach their own station, they don't go to the crosswalk! It's patently stupid to go to the crosswalk if there's no traffic. Like other stupid tickets- such as writing kids biking on the sidewalk a ticket when there are absolutely no pedestrians about. It's all about gathering revenue. They don't want you to question them, they want you to just pay the ticket, fearful of repercussions/lost time at work/hassle if you fight it, and go on your way until the next time. For there to be an actual crime, something or somebody has to suffer damages. What damages were suffered by jaywalking? Did the police use the crosswalk to interact with this fellow, or did they cut across, thus "jaywalking" themselves?