"Four police officers for someone who's jogging backwards? Someone who is doing the right thing? That's uncalled for. That's a waste of manpower," said Mesa. A driver said Mesa was running in between cars. "He was jogging in between cars. A concerned citizen called 911.
"Officers were dispatched to that area. They observed this behaviour and advised them that he couldn't do it. He said he's always done it and will do it again," said Miami Beach Police spokesman Robert Hernandez. Police cited him for obstructing traffic and issued him with a ticket for $77.50. But Mesa says he doesn't think he did anything wrong.
"I'm not doing anything different from somebody roller skating, skateboarding or riding bicycles in the middle of the street," he said. Mesa refuses to stop running backwards and plans to fight his ticket in court. He thinks he was only ticketed after police found out about a past drug charge.
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