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Another fact of racism and police violence in the United States
Dayton, Ohio, police are investigating officers who have forcibly removed a paraplegic black man from his car after the man told police officers that he could not get out of the car because He could not move, the police went to violence, pulling him out by the hair and throwing him to the ground.
The officers charged with the mistreatment and racism of Clifford Owensby, stopped the car for a routine check of illegal drugs.
Words from Owensby to the police who were demanding that he get out of the car
I cannot go out, I am a paraplegic, I am afraid of being hurt, I ask for a "white shirt" in the presence of a police supervisor.
Clifford Owensby, full of fear, did not get out of the car when the police told him and in the end several police officers grabbed him by the hair and threw him to the ground, immobilizing him and handcuffing him.
Owensby wasn't alone in the car
In the back seat of the car a three-year-old boy was sitting, a boy who was not wearing a seat belt, the police also found a bag with $22,450. Clifford was fined for not having the child with a seat belt, already which is mandatory, obstruction of authority and resistance to arrest.
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley called the incident very concerning
Mayor Nan Whanley, has stated that the incident occurred is very worrying, because of that the city is taking action and has published the recordings and photos and said that all those involved are under investigation.
The president of the Order of the Fraternal Lodge of the Dayton Police, Jerome Dix, disagrees with Mayor Nan Whanley, Jerome Dix has defended the policemen who have violently removed a race man from a car black, paraplegic and with a three-year-old boy in the back of the car who was scared. The president of the Order of the Fraternal Lodge of Dayton said, the police officers were only following the law that is established and all the procedures and policies of the department.
