Why? You should absolutely expect this behavior from America. Russia has a smaller prison population than America and spends much less than America on policing

Why? You should absolutely expect this behavior from America. Russia has a smaller prison population than America and spends much less than America on policing and prisons. America has more prisoners than than any other country in the world, and they aren't all there for good reasons. A lot of people are actually as a consequence of scenarios similar to this story, where police overextend their authority, intentionally create a "resisting arrest" or "obstructing official police business" scenario, and then trump up an arrest charge. I mean, the biggest story about Russian prisons recently was that they had falsely imprisoned an American celebrity athlete over a trumped up marijuana charge. She is now free after a prisoner swap. And yet, there are tens of thousands of Americans in prison today for similarly trumped up marijuana offenses. You should absolutely expect this behavior in America, and if you don't it's time for a wakeup call. Edit: I just checked and the most recent stats are better for America, we are now tied for top prison population with China, and we are now the 6th highest in rate. We no longer have a rate worse than such bastions of freedom as El Salvador, Rwanda, and Turkmenistan. Unfortunately we are still behind the rest of the first, second, and third worlds. Progress, but still more people in American prisons/jails than most countries.