Shanghaiist: Shanghai jaywalker sent to jail

马耷

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:05:42 +0800

Interesting. So much for the "Police State". ---I take that back. There have been frequent reports of police brutality in other parts of China, especially in the North. I doubt this woman would have dared to scratch any cop's boots, let alone face, in her hometown in some dreary part of Northeastern China. After all, this is Shanghai, not China.

TW

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:00:02 +0800

I once saw my boyfriend's mother (Shanghainese) knock a traffic policeman's helmet off his head whilst engaged in a spirited 'discussion'. She didn't end up in jail - but then, she's Shanghainese, not a waidiren

peijin

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:35:11 +0800

i know it because that's what she said in the article. that's the reason she herself gave for doing what she did. 据了解，刘小姐一坐进警车就开始向民警“讨饶”，称刚才一旁有很多围观者和记者在场，她觉得乱穿马路被罚款“很掉面子”才出此下策。i basically regurgitated what the report said.

peijin

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:34:39 +0800

Trev

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:20:33 +0800

"However, the real reason why she threw a fit was because she felt it too much a loss of face to be caught and fined (in public) for jaywalking." How do you know that. Can you stop writing stuff like that. You don't know that woman. Don't be so high and mighty and condescending.

LAT

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:09:23 +0800

I saw this on TV. I watched in shock as the woman, who clearly and blatantly jaywalked (although certainly she isn't alone), proceeded to verbally and then physically assault the officer that busted her. Growing up in the US, I have learned to respect the authority of the police, if mostly out of self-preservation than anything else. It's common among young Americans to make jokes about officers of the law ("pig" being a common epithet directed their way), but when actually confronted any reasonable person knows that to risk the type of behavior exhibited by this woman will get you thrown in jail, and possibly with force. I've lived in Shanghai for nearly four years now, but I'm not clear what level of authority police have. Are they authorized to use force as necessary?