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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Something made you think about that before and obviously there are roots for perhaps "bad" behavior with the police. If so, then I am highly skeptical that this new story is in fact the entire story. Perhaps she was actually belligerent and now doesn't want to admit to it.
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I have my suspicions that she could have been belligerent as well, it's not usually in her character but again, I don't know what somebody would do in that sort of a situation. All I know is that she's seemed really hurt and quiet these few days.
I'm not going to comment on this thread anymore as it's not my business and I don't want to pry into her affairs. I know she is contacting several different authorities here and even in the U.S. to deal with the situation. I just think that overall, it's a pretty crappy thing to be a regular law-abiding citizen who has never been in trouble before, a vistor to the country no less, and crossing the street only to end up in jail for 13 hours. A pretty traumatic experience.
At least she wasn't tasered to death.
As for the criticisms against transit cops, I think that is merited and corroborated by some stories people have. In this case, nomatter where fault ultimately lies, it was probably shared if she was a bit angry and not completely cooperative. I'm told the transit cop wouldn't listen to her side of the story and was just berrating her for jaywalking like he lost his temper..the way the cop handled the situation was unfair and I feel uncalled for as she definetely was calling up to the office for somebody to bring her some more ID or someone to come down and confirm her identity when she asked for the dude's name and suddenly - presto! Arrested.