Blind man arrested when police thought his cane was a gun and refused to back down
Blind man arrested when police thought his cane was a gun and refused to back down
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videoA blind man was arrested and spent 26 hours in prison after Florida police thought his cane was a gun.
James Hodges, 61, was arrested by two officers for ‘resisting arrest without violence’ on October 31.
Even though Mr Hodges immediately proved it was not a weapon, the two officers,…