Black man led by white police on horseback sues for $1m

[khansaheeb]

Black man led by white police on horseback sues for $1m

Donald Neely was led down a Texas street "as though he was a slave", court documents say.

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Black man led by white police on horseback sues for $1m
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media captionBody camera footage shows police using a rope to arrest a black man
A black man who was led by a rope down a Texas street by two white officers on horseback has sued the city and its police department for $1m (£750,000).
Galveston Police apologised last year after footage emerged of Donald Neely, 44, arrested for criminal trespassing.
A lawsuit filed this week alleged the officers' conduct was "extreme and outrageous" and caused Mr Neely injury and emotional and mental anguish.
The trespass charges against Mr Neely were later dismissed in court.
Many people on social media compared the footage of Mr Neely to the slavery era, an allusion referenced explicitly in the lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the officers should have been aware that Mr Neely, "being led with a rope and by mounted officers down a city street as though he was a slave, would find this contact offensive".

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Accusing both the city and the Galveston police department of negligence, the suit says that Mr Neely "suffered from handcuff abrasions, suffered from the heat, and suffered from embarrassment, humiliation and fear".
City officials declined to comment on the lawsuit to US media.
Last year, after an outcry over images of Mr Neely, police clarified that he was not tied with the rope but was "handcuffed and a line was clipped to the handcuffs".
Galveston's police chief Vernon Hale said at the time that the technique was acceptable in some scenarios but that "officers showed poor judgment in this instance".

media captionThe USA's history of racial inequality has paved the way for modern day police brutality
There was no "malicious intent", he said, and apologised to Mr Neely for the "unnecessary embarrassment". Department policy was changed to prevent the use of this technique.
Mr Neely - who was homeless at the time - was sleeping on a sidewalk, US media reported, when he was arrested for criminal trespass and led around the block to a mounted police patrol staging area. The charges were later dismissed.
Following an investigation into the encounter, the department released body camera footage of the arrest. In it, the officers can be heard commenting on the appearance of Mr Neely's arrest.
"This is going to look so bad. I'm glad you're not embarrassed, Mr Neely," one officer is heard saying.
A status conference is currently scheduled for 7 January, 2021. Mr Neely is requesting a trial by jury, according to court documents.

 

[Rafi]

WTF, I thought this was satire, apparently not, what were those fcking morons thinking.

 

[Amavous]

All those so-called human rights groups and NGOs will stay mum as usual because it's the USA. No one will ever make the USA accountable for what it is doing to its own people ane rest of the world (endless wars).

But any moment now some US official will criticize China, Iran, or some other Muslim nation about injustices in these countries and all of WEST will nod along.

 

[Gomig-21]

That's just crazy.

Galveston's police chief Vernon Hale said at the time that the technique was acceptable in some scenarios but that "officers showed poor judgment in this instance".

In what scenario would such a despicable thing ever be acceptable?!?!? That's absurd that they even thought so. But leave it to the hick hillbillies of Texas to have an ancient and despicable technique like that still on the books down there in this day and age! Wow.

This country still has a lot of fixing to do, but I doubt any country out there doesn't have its own share of stupidity that also needs fixing. Pretty sure everyone is guilty at some point and to some degree.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

Texans are dumb as shit.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

 

[YeBeWarned]

WeeeHawww .... guess the old Wild Wild west is coming back ?

Texans are dumb as shit.

Lots of Pakistanis live in Houston , why ? I heard a lot about Racism In Texas, why is that Pakistanis choose Houston out of many other good more liberal cities ? is it cheaper to live there ?