Brave Austin Police Arrest Dangerous Young Jogger For Crossing Street While Listening to Music, Then Say She Should Be Grateful They Didn't Rape Her

So this happened: Austin police handcuffed, arrested and dragged into a patrol car Amanda Jo Stephen - who was all the while pleading and screaming she “didn’t do anything wrong" - after she jaywalked while wearing earbuds that blocked their demands for her I.D., which in any case she didn't have on account of she'd gone out jogging not planning to be arrested by bored cops working on their “pedestrian enforcement.” The Austin Police Chief declared Stephen "lucky" because "In other cities there’s cops who are actually committing sexual assaults on duty." He later apologized that he used "a poor analogy." And it could always be worse: Imagine if this was any other city in Texas, and Stephen was black.

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