Police are seeking a dialogue with black community
leaders following a disturbance Saturday night when officers used
pepper spray and a dog to control a mob in east McKinney. Some members
of the crowd of about 100 people yelled obscenities and incited others
to act against officers responding to a fight in progress call at the
Manor House Apartments in the 700 block of Bumpass Street, according to
police. The officers called for backup units about 10:30 p.m. Saturday
who then used pepper spray and a canine to contain residents, police
said. Authorities arrested Anthony Duckett, 24, along with his mother
Vanessa Duckett, 41 and 26-year-old sister Tekisha Duckett. Anthony
Duckett said the crowd grew angry because of the way police handled the
situation, using pepper spray on a his 16-year-old cousin, mother and
sister. "When these people seen how the police was treating me, they
got upset," Duckett said. "I wasn't even fighting back. I wasn't
cussing at them." [more]
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