Did a Stoke RA get arrested... for J-Walking?

So over the past few days the rumor mill has been swarming about an apparent arrest of a Stoke RA. According to two sources on Twitter a Stoke RA was given a citation for J-walking across Main Street by Thompson Hall. From what I was told when the RA questioned the reason for the citation the cop placed him under arrest. Now, I do not know what was said between the officer and the student or any other details, but I trust that this story is true because the tipsters have both been helpful to me in the past. I have heard other stories of citations being given recently for J-walking, but this is definitely the most alarming one.

Is J-walking technically illegal? Yes. But this is a college campus. I probably J-walk five times a day without even thinking about it. Personally, I think it's more efficient and dare I say friendlier and even at times safer, to cross a street when the coast is clear then waiting at a cross walk and causing cars to slow or stop. Just the other day I saw a car slam on its brakes at the crosswalk at the top of the A-Lot stairs because a pedestrian was crossing. I find it quite ridiculous that an actual ticket and fine would be given for this "crime." Obviously if this student really was arrested he probably said or did something wrong, but for the life of me I can't think of what he could have SAID. I mean, I almost want to start J-walking more just so I can see what the course of action a cop would take in the situation. While there are a few decent and sane UNH cops, many of them have the Rod Farva syndrome because they were probably picked on in high school.

Now gimme a goddamn liter-a-cola!

UNH Cops Part II

Let me take you back a few months to the start of the second semester. A friend of mine was leaving a dorm around  8 at night. As he pushed open a door it knocked into a UNH Police officer who was entering the elevator lobby in the opposite direction my friend was heading. The two men accidently bumped into one another. As my friend continued walking, the officer shouted at him "Hey, were do you think your going?" My friend replied back rather hastily "back to my dorm!" The cop then informed my friend that he could arrest him for "abusing an officer and delaying an on going investigation." 

What...the...fuck. 

Really cop? 

"Abusing  an officer!?!" The kid fucking pushed open a door as you tried to pull it and you want to arrest him for abusing an officer? The door hit you because of bad timing and you want to arrest a kid for "abusing an officer." Hey cop, really?  Not only that but "delaying an on going investigation." 

Ummm, what? Cop, you stopped him, and he is delaying you? For opening a fucking door as you went to pull it? Hey cop, how is that power trip feeling? Are you getting an adrenaline rush you overreactive psycho fuck? 

My friend walked away and the cop didn't do anything.

 Sources indicate that the cop had no friends when he was in high school and that all the football players used to pick on him. No girls went to the prom with him either. The cop's name has been disclosed for reasons of national security, although it was released that the cop was NOT Officer Rod Farva. 

Oh yeah, before I forget. That on going investigation... some kids were throwing snowballs out their window. 

What a fucking prick.