Exploring the racial bias and excessive responses in cases involving jaywalking, including the story of Nandy Kane Jr. and efforts to reform laws through the Freedom to Walk Act in California.
In 1991, two police officers stopped Tupac Shakur for jaywalking. He said he was knocked unconscious during his arrest, and sued the city of Oakland for 10 million dollars. His lawyer says many of the police brutality cases he's worked on started with jaywalking stops.
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