# NYC Police Cops Bloody 84 Year-Old Asian Man for Jaywalking **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345 "2014-01-21T06:07:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/61 "2014-01-22T00:55:17Z")
[This video](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/NYPD-Cracking-Down-on-Jaywalkers-After-Deadly-Accidents/241111561) only shows the aftermath, but interestingly said the man was speaking Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/62 "2014-01-22T03:04:27Z")
Am I the only one that read the article? > [@](#): > > “[The officer] stood him up against the wall and was trying to write him a ticket. The man didn’t seem to understand, and he started walking away. > > “The cop tried to pull him back, and that’s when he began to struggle with the cop,” said King, 24. “As soon as he pushed the cop, it was like cops started running in from everywhere.” I don’t give a shit how little of the local language you speak. You don’t (1) just walk away from a cop, and (2) shove them when they grab you. And from the pictures, it sure doesn’t look like the guy was beat. His face isn’t bruised or swollen. He appears to have a single cut, probably from falling on the side walk. He certainly doesn’t look dazed in the video. More like pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/63 "2014-01-22T03:31:03Z")
> [@treis](#): > > I don’t give a shit how little of the local language you speak. You don’t (1) just walk away from a cop, and (2) shove them when they grab you. I don’t care how much of a cop you are, you don’t rough someone up for something so petty. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/64 "2014-01-22T05:16:31Z")
> [@treis](#): > > I don’t give a shit how little of the local language you speak. You don’t (1) just walk away from a cop, and (2) shove them when they grab you. He’s from China, a wonderful place where you can antagonize the police with no consequences whatsoever. No wonder he’s confused by authoritarian American police. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/65 "2014-01-22T16:57:41Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Your own link says “Wong handed the cop his license, but then tried to take it back when the cop started writing him a summons”. Since you brought up “common sense”, how much common sense does one need to have to know that when you are getting ticketed, you don’t take off? That shoving a cop priobably isn’t a good idea? And you don’t wrestle a cop for your license? But…but the N.Y. Post, an unimpeachable source of journalistic goodness thinks the cops behaved badly. What more do you need? Without conclusive video evidence one can’t come to a final judgment, but it’s worth noting that even “frail” elderly people who lose it can put up a lot of fight and require multiple police/security personnel to subdue them (a phenomenon those who’ve worked in nursing homes can attest to). ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/66 "2014-01-22T17:12:50Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > But…but the N.Y. Post, an unimpeachable source of journalistic goodness thinks the cops behaved badly. What more do you need? fewer 84 year old jaywalkers with stitches. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > Without conclusive video evidence one can’t come to a final judgment, but it’s worth noting that even “frail” elderly people who lose it can put up a lot of fight and require multiple police/security personnel to subdue them (a phenomenon those who’ve worked in nursing homes can attest to). there were at least 5 officers there. 2 of them could have bear-hugged the guy and hand cuffed him and taken him to the precinct for processing. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/67 "2014-01-22T18:53:37Z")
Or they could’ve just shot out his tires. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/68 "2014-01-23T02:07:06Z")
He was wong. He knew not to jaywalk. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/69 "2014-01-23T11:42:04Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > They should have just cuffed him and locked him up at the nearest McDonalds. > > Seriously though the police should invest in an electronic ‘speaking’ phrasebook with common crimes. New York gets lots of tourists, should it really be compulsary for them to speak perfect English?. I have one of these - it’s called a smart phone ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345/70 "2014-01-23T12:18:56Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Or they could’ve just shot out his tires. Or stepped on the back of his shoe as he walked away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-police-cops-bloody-84-year-old-asian-man-for-jaywalking/679345.md?page=3)