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Don't Jaywalk in Sacremento

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Video Shows Cop Slam, Beat Black Pedestrian After Alleged Jaywalking

The Sacramento Police Department on Tuesday announced a formal investigation into the actions of one of their officers who was seen slamming a black man to the ground and beating him — all sparked by an alleged case of jaywalking.

The video, released Monday, has sparked national outrage. It shows the officer confronting the man, identified as Nandi Cain Jr., as he crossed an intersection and attempting to talk to Cain but the situation quickly escalates.

After some words are exchanged while Cain is standing in the street, the officer then violently throws Cain to the ground and begins to punch him in the head.
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The craziest thing is his partner did not intervene until he started cuffing the man.
 
Is this a case of 'don't jaywalk while black', or do they treat all jaywalkers like that? Or did the cop just have a really bad day and wasn't professional enough not to let it affect his work?
 
Never even heard of police stopping people for "jaywalking" in a residential area like that.


I would bet my life the cops wouldn't have stopped the guy if he was white.


Hope the cop gets fired, at least.
 
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I'm still amazed that the USA has managed to turn what's called 'crossing the road' in the UK into a criminal offence.
 
My guess is that the jaywalking was just what the cop put on the booking slip. The actual flare up was the conversation.

"Talking to a cop while black" ?
 
Garrison said:
I'm still amazed that the USA has managed to turn what's called 'crossing the road' in the UK into a criminal offence.
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Not really a crime, you aren't going to jail for it but you might go to jail for not paying the ticket.
 
Garrison said:
I'm still amazed that the USA has managed to turn what's called 'crossing the road' in the UK into a criminal offence.
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It's usually only dense urban areas that have actual laws regarding crossing the street. I've never heard of that law being applicable on a residential street.
 
Newtons Bit said:
It's usually only dense urban areas that have actual laws regarding crossing the street. I've never heard of that law being applicable on a residential street.
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I'm still amazed that even in dense urban areas in the US that there are laws about crossing the road. Here in the UK, or anywhere else in Europe that I've been to, you can just cross the road if you wish - anywhere, even if the pedestrian crossing lights are on red. There's no law against it.
 
neilg said:
I'm still amazed that even in dense urban areas in the US that there are laws about crossing the road. Here in the UK, or anywhere else in Europe that I've been to, you can just cross the road if you wish - anywhere, even if the pedestrian crossing lights are on red. There's no law against it.
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Do you have those don't walk signs at busy intersections? If you do, what happens if someone violates it?


Side note, jaywalking applies pretty much everywhere there isn't a marked or unmarked crosswalk. Its just that they're almost never enforced in residential streets for because there isn't much reason to. I know a guy who was ticketed twice in 2 months for jaywalking in Oakland CA. Clearly just the Popo raising funds.

According to Wiki, you are somewhat mistaken in your understanding of the laws in Europe as it is illegal in some countries depending on the road in question in others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking#Legal_view_by_jurisdiction
It seems lots of places have rules to the effect of "you must cross at the zebra crossing if you are with in XXmeters of one."
 
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ahhell said:
Do you have those don't walk signs at busy intersections? If you do, what happens if someone violates it?
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If there are no cars, literally nothing

If there are cars, maybe a horn sounds and someone shouts.

Worst case scenario, someone gets run over - it's only at this stage that there would be any police involvement.

Mostly we just trust that people have read their green-cross-code, listened to Darth and can navigate like a chicken
 
fagin said:
That's one reason.

But I'm sure the cops will be more interested in giving you a lift off it than beating your brains in.
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Agreed. I'm not going to go running up and down the M4 to try to test it though :)
 
p0lka said:
to be fair, taking your coat off and throwing it to the ground generally gives the impression that things are gonna get physical.
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It is not possible to tell from the video, and I'm sure it will be investigated, but it looks to me like the jaywalker took off his coat in order to demonstrate that there was no danger from a concealed weapon. A fair number of headlines have been made after someone died when a cop thought they were reaching for a gun.

There will of course be an investigation, but it seems to me that the cop has some 'splainin' to do.
 
Garrison said:
I'm still amazed that the USA has managed to turn what's called 'crossing the road' in the UK into a criminal offence.
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It is not crossing the road, it is crossing the road in an unsafe way/place, thus only allowed under special safer conditions of way/place.
 
ahhell said:
Not really a crime, you aren't going to jail for it but you might go to jail for not paying the ticket.
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It is a matter of state or local jurisdiction in the US, but in most places it is technically illegal to cross anywhere other than a marked crosswalk or intersection. OTOH, it's rarely enforced, unless you do something really stupid, like disrupting traffic on a busy street. It's also generally illegal to cross against a red light or "don't walk" crossing signal, but again, you're not likely to be cited for it unless you're creating a hazard.

I think the law applies in many places even to residential streets like the one where the incident happened, but enforcing it in such a place is the epitome of chicken-**** policing.

I think this is really a "contempt of cop" situation, very likely with some racism involved. The cop wanted to hassle him for jaywalking, and he gave him some lip or ignored him, so the cop escalated to violence.
 
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