Reminds me of the elderly UK historian who managed to get himself locked up for jaywalking in Atlanta.

"First, I learnt that the Atlanta police are barbaric, brutal, and out of control. The violence I experienced was the worst of my sheltered life. Muggers who attacked me once near my home in Oxford were considerably more gentle with me than the Atlanta cops."

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/felipe-fern...