More police abuse fun:

A man walking his son to the bus in Dallas was arrested, roughed up, pepper sprayed, cuffed, and kept in jail for eleven days. He was charged with jaywalking as best I can tell. His 14 year-old son may also have been assaulted by one of the officers. They may or may not have been guilty of jaywalking. It appears that the real reason for the arrest & abuse was that Dallas transit police felt the need to teach a lesson to "longhairs" - both Todd Lyon and his son Jared have long locks. A particular amusing part of the story is that the transit police spokesman initially insisted several times that Lyon was arrested for "resisting arrest."

Full story here.

In further War on Jaywalking news, a man was reportedly ticketed for jaywalking in DC after being hit by a car; he was "badly injured and lying unresponsive at a busy intersection" when the $5 ticket was issued. The man later died of the injuries.

Hat tip: Radley Balko.