A traffic safety advocate was arrested by Los Angeles police after he was accused of vandalizing street property for painting an unpermitted crosswalk in West LA.

Cellphone footage shows the moment Jonathan Hale was handcuffed by officers in the middle of the Kelton and Wilkins Avenues intersection in Sawtelle on Sunday. He was arrested while painting an unpermitted crosswalk with his group, People’s Vision Zero.

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“People need to realize lives are at stake,” Hale said. “The people of LA want livable, walkable streets.”

Hale said his mission grew out of frustration after he waited on the city of Los Angeles to improve intersections with marked crosswalks. When the city failed to do so, Hale said he and his group took

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