DART Nazis arrest father for... JAYWALKING! - Observer

[Liberal In Texas]

A man taking his son to the bus station was arrested and spent 11 days in jail for jaywalking. Witnesses report the man did nothing to provoke the Gestapo behavior. It is more likely they didn't like they way the guy looked...

"We had just got off the DART train in the West End," he told me. "We were in the legal crosswalk, and we were walking toward the Greyhound station. After we got across, there was two officers there, and we walked right past them.

"I heard one say, 'Y'all need to be on the other side of the street.' That was kind of puzzling to me. It didn't sound like a command. It was a very calm voice. I said in a calm voice, "Well, we're supposed to be over here. We're going toward the Greyhound station.'

"I heard him say, 'You longhairs are not going to fuck with me.' He attempted to grab my hand behind my back. Natural reaction, I turned around and grabbed my hand. He was pulling my hair. The other officer slammed me up against the rail.
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http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2005-12-08/news/sc...

If you've ever done any walking around downtown Dallas, especially near the DART rail tracks, you know these martinets will give you a ticket if you don't rigidly adhere to crosswalks and lights (even if there is NO traffic -- cars or trains for blocks). And these cops don't answer to any political authority you can take your grievance to. The DART board is the governing agency; a bunch of appointed - not elected - bureaucrats.

Welcome to the police state of Bush-world.