Austin Police Chief's UNBELIEVABLE response to jogger arrest.

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18. Police Chief should resign, but the arrest was valid

While the police chief's statement is indefensible, and he should resign; the arrest is in fact was valid.

The woman was jogging. She came to a street with a traffic control device which pedestrians under texas law are required to honor. She crossed the street ignoring the signal. The cops stopped her to issue a citation. They asked her for her id, you are required to give name and dob during a investigation/citation. She wouldn't give it instead continuing to protest that she didn't do anything wrong, according to the police she collapsed to the ground to avoid being taken to the police car. She was arrested and taken to jail until they could verify her identity.

The morale of the story is if you violate the law and the police stopped you for it, and don't wish to go to jail; give them your name and DOB.

I don't normally defend the police at all, but in this case the woman was in the wrong.