Vera Pecaj, a 40-year-old teacher from Brighton, was jogging in Green Oak Township when Officer Michael Jain pulled up next to her in his vehicle and asked her to move from the road onto the sidewalk. According to Jain's report, Pecaj ignored him. More, from MLive:
The dashcam video doesn't show Jain arresting Pecaj, but it does have the audio:Jain crossed Rickett Road and then turned left onto Mission Road to wait for Pecaj, his report states. When he held up his hand to signal her to stop, he said, she repeatedly refused.
When she finally did โafter Jain informed her she needed to stop or she'd go to jail โ Pecaj refused to give her name and yelled she had done nothing wrong. Pecaj turned away to keep running, and Jain grabbed her arm.
"Don't f****** touch me," Pecaj yelled, according to Jain's report.
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