To Protect and Serve?

this article caught me by surprise a little: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2541133,00.html

its about an individual who was jaywalking, when he was apparently tackled by 5 police officers. now, i know there is alot that comes from context, and that this is only one telling of this particular story, but it sure seems a surprise to me that someone would get arrested for jay walking . . . especially a historian. i mean, i know that those librarian types can be shifty. . . but c'mon . . . tackling him?

my favorite quote from the article is: "Officer Leonpacher was unrepentant, saying: “He chose to ignore a uniformed officer. At what point can anyone say I overreacted?”"

-hmm . . . i would say at the point at which you apparently kicked the guys legs out from under him and tackled him.