Police in America tonight defended the actions of an officer who allegedly knocked a distinguished British historian to the ground after he crossed the road in the wrong place. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, a self-described 'ageing, mild-mannered' scholar, was held in a jail for eight hours after he inadvertently committed the offence of 'jaywalking' in Atlanta, Georgia, last week. He claimed he was the victim of 'terrible, terrible violence' after he failed to realise the man telling him to stop was an officer and then hesitated to show his ID, instead asking the officer to show his. (Irish Examiner, Thursday)
Crime in the streets.
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