BLACK FOLK BEEN SAYING THIS FOR DECADES...AND NOW IT'S NEWS?
"I wanted everybody to see that this kind of stuff does happen," Darrow told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in Tuesday's edition. "I thought if I just go to the chief or whatever, it would just get swept under the rug."
In the video, Kuehnlein approaches Darrow, who was sitting in a parked car at about 2 a.m. in a commuter lot. Kuehnlein asks for identification.
When Darrow asks whether he did anything wrong, the officer orders him out of the car and begins shouting.
"You want to try me? You want to try me tonight? You think you have a bad night? I will ruin your night. Do you want to try me tonight, young boy?"
Darrow says no.
"Do you want to go to jail for some (expletive) reason I come up with?" the police officer says. Later, Darrow says, "I don't want any problems, officer."
After about 10 minutes, Darrow is allowed to go.
The recording, posted on Google Video and YouTube on the Internet, brought more than 300 protest calls to St. George Police Chief Scott Uhrig.
"I was very displeased when I saw the actions on the video," Uhrig said. "My officers are not trained and taught to act like that."
A listed number could not be found for Kuehnlein for comment.
Uhrig said Kuehnlein stopped to talk to Darrow because police have received reports of thefts from cars in the area. But Uhrig said the officer's actions and tone were inappropriate.
"Someone either violated the law or they didn't. You don't say, I'll lock you up and then come up with why afterward," Uhrig said.
5 comments:
We know this happens all the time with black males. It's now "news" because this young kid caught the officer on tape. All black folks had was their word and we all know that,historically, white folks have not taken us at our word.
If he did this to a white kid, what he do to a black kid? Even worse.
I've been saying for awhile that every Black man should be riding around with a camera in their cars. Period.
This happened to both my father and my brother, who are both honest, law abiding men. (My father has been a devoted pastor/minister for 40 years). A police officer pulled him over for a false reason and humiliated him by making him do a 'sobriety test'... my father doesn't drink, ever and is a safe, cautious driver.
The police officer had his hand on his gun and hurled insults and threats. It has badly shaken my trust in the police.
(by the way, what is that annoying clicking sound in the video?)
I believe the "clicking" is the driver's hazard lights or a turn signal left on. That's the only thing I can imagine it would be.
To quote:
"BLACK FOLK BEEN SAYING THIS FOR DECADES...AND NOW IT'S NEWS?"
Maybe the white kid was smart enough to put a camera in his car. Not exactly an original thought now is it?
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