[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't think anyone should be dragged around on a rope and that is what the picture shows?

if it stops a dangerous criminal getting away then use whatever you can

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't think anyone should be dragged around on a rope and that is what the picture shows?

Exactly

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

if it stops a dangerous criminal getting away then use whatever you can

[Jigs]

Makes my stomach turn how they could humiliate him like that

[Beso]

That image is abhorrent, but people really need to stop highlighting the past if we are to move forward as one..no way this image would have made the news if that criminal was white...so imo...the only thing the uproar about this has caused is more division at a time we all need to come together....

On a foot note...Police on horseback here either drag you along by the hair or the scruff of the neck until a car comes along.

[Vicky.]

There is really no excuse for this. 'Training' to be had? Nah, no reasonable person would need training not to do this, should be fired IMO.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Jigs

Makes my stomach turn how they could humiliate him like that

true, handcuffs and just plenty of police officers escorting him to jail in police cars would be more appropriate

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

true, handcuffs and just plenty of police officers escorting him to jail in police cars would be more appropriate

This pic Nicky, is how KKK used to lead blacks to the noose

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

This pic Nicky, is how KKK used to lead blacks to the noose

no it isnt its a picture of a mounted policeman arresting a criminal

[Twosugars]

I wonder how many policemen are also members of KKK and other far right organisations?

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

I wonder how many policemen are also members of KKK and other far right organisations?

A large influx of Cuban criminals joined the police force when thier entry laws were relaxed.

[Ammi]

Black man led by mounted police while bound with a rope sues Texas city for $1 million...


A Black man who was led by mounted police down a Texas street while bound with a rope last year is suing the city and its police department for $1 million, court documents show.

In August 2019, Donald Neely was arrested on criminal trespass charges in Galveston, just outside of Houston. Images and video of his arrest, during which two white police officers led him down the street handcuffed with a rope tied to their horses, sparked outrage.

A petition filed this week in Galveston County's district court called the officers' conduct "extreme and outrageous" and claimed that it caused Neely injury, emotional distress and mental anguish.

"Neely suffered from handcuff abrasions, suffered from the heat, and suffered from embarrassment, humiliation and fear as he was led by rope and mounted officers down the city street," the lawsuit claims.

The lawsuit charges that the arresting officers should have realized that 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."

The lawsuit is also alleging malicious prosecution over Neely's criminal trespass charge, which was ultimately dismissed in court.

MORE: No criminal investigation for Texas police who led a black man by a rope through streets

A Galveston spokesperson told ABC News the city does not comment on pending litigation.

A status conference is currently scheduled for Jan. 7, 2021. Neely is demanding a trial by jury, court records show.

...full article...

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/black-man-...221805202.html

[arista]

"Sues Texas city for $1 million..."


Yes possible to win that case.

[Ammi]

.....it’s good that you think so, Arista...you are most wise, it is indeed possible to win the case...

[Swan]

Yeah $1m seems reasonable for sure, i like his chances tbh.

[Niamh.]

Good for him, I hope he wins

[Tom4784]

He deserves every penny and more, the people who did that to him should have been sacked, it's an outrageous lack of common sense for a person of authority to think that doing what they did to this man would be acceptable.

[Mitchell]

Best of luck to him, thoroughly deserves it, absolutely disgusting.