The embarrassing over-reaction of the Portland police to every-day citizen faux pas's just never ends. It leads one to wonder if they should be barred from doing anything unless they personally witness a murder. They seem to violently over-react to the most trivial things.
June 22, 2010 We have a problem, a citizen has committed the heinous offense of jaywalking in plain sight of a police officer.
The Offender One Scott Miller,who admitted in court filings that he cut diagonally across
Southwest Second Avenue near Madison Street around 7:30 a.m., concerned
about being late for work as an X-ray technician.
The Police Officer. Officer Dean Halley, a Portland police officer for more than 20 years, saw Miller jaywalk, and followed him.
The Pinch. Officer Halley demanded to see his identification. As Miller was pulling it
out, he asked why, triggering the officer to declare "That's it. You're
under arrest,". He was then wrestled to the ground, cuffed, put in a squad car and booked. The offense is a minor misdemeanor and not eligible for arrest, but he was arrested anyway, He sued for false arrest,
The Defense. The city protests innocently that even though Miller was declared to be under arrest, thrown to the ground, cuffed and transported to the jail, he wasn't arrested. Who on Earth would think otherwise?
Tell it to the Judge guys.
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