Family of a skateboarder arrested after allegedly jaywalking after leaving a skate park have hit out at cops for 'singling him out'.

The footage filmed in Redmond, King County Washington shows the man called Björn, skating along a pavement before being stopped by two female cops on bicycles.

He is then told to 'step away from the board' and is is grabbed by the two officers.

As they detain Björn one of them tells him that he 'jaywalked' while another turns to a crowd which had gathered and told them: 'When we tell you to stop, you stop. That is called obstructing everybody - learn'.

The footage shows the man called Björn, skating along a pavement before being stopped by two female cops on bicycles

As they detain Björn one of them tells him that he 'jaywalked' while another turns to a crowd which had gathered and told them: 'When we tell you to stop, you stop. That is called obstructing everybody - learn'

Björn was arrested for Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer after cop's alleged he failed to stop when they tried to reprimand him when they spotted him jaywalking.

His angry family say he was jailed for 24-hours and have set up a GoFundMe page to raise cash to get him an attorney.

Erica Jones, Björn's sister stated on the page: 'He spent 24 hours in jail in Des Moines and wasn't able to reach his family! The cops also REMOVED all the money from his wallet, which was $532 because he 'looked suspicious!

'He was skateboarding and couldn't hear one of the female bike cops say 'stop'.

'He had no idea he did anything wrong at all. He crossed the short road, not even the main street, by the skate park instead of going up to the light and coming back down. Absolutely everyone does this, hundreds of times a day. This day they singled him out, truly for being a person of color, and he didn't resist whatsoever, his hands were to his side and he was completely taken back by this arrest.'

The incident was filmed and then posted on Instagram last Friday by one of Björn's friends

As the man was being led away he looks confused and turns to his friends and smiles

The incident was filmed and then posted on Instagram last Friday by one of Björn's friends.

As the man is being led away he looks confused and turns to his friends and smiles.

The man, whose Instagram username is 'bigbluecarl' said in the post: Some b******t yesterday. Bjorn arrested for JAYWALKING... They tried to tell us our reaction to the whole situation influenced what they did with our friend.

'Look how much Bjorn was 'resisting'.

'Only city I know that needs five cop cars, an ambulance, and a fire truck to arrest 1 f****n guy. We love you Bjorn, hope you're doing alright ❤️ F**K RP.'

People can be arrested by police officers for 'contempt of cop' if they think the person has acted disrespectfully towards them.

Jaywalking is normally punishable by a fine.

A spokesman for Redmond Police Department said: 'Our Bike Team officers regularly patrol the downtown area of Redmond, enforcing traffic and pedestrian violations and responding to calls for service.

'On January 16th, they observed a jaywalking violation, and attempted to contact the subject to issue a warning or possibly a citation for jaywalking.

'The subject made eye contact with the officers, then continued to skateboard away from the officers. The officers followed, and continued to shout “Stop” and “Police!” at the male.

'When they caught up to the male, he continued to be uncooperative, and he was arrested for Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer. The 20 year old male was found to be in possession of marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms [which have psychedelic compounds], a ledger and more than $500. The drugs, money and ledger were booked into evidence.

'The drug offenses are being investigated and the suspected drugs were submitted for lab testing.

'We take any complaints against our officers seriously. We reviewed the video that was posted online, and investigated the arrest. We did not find any wrongdoing by our officers. We do not arrest people in Redmond for jaywalking; we do arrest people for failing to comply with police and possessing illegal drugs.'