"Wasn't the reason black activists fought so hard to get black officers
on the police force was because they believed black people would be
more sensitive toward black people? Today, black police officers who
abuse black citizens are making a mockery of the civil rights movement."
Leroy Carter was arrested and charged with assault when
an off-duty officer, Mark Jones, alleged Carter tried to run him down
after a minor traffic accident. "My front end touched the rear end of
his car and he jumped out of his car, hollering and screaming," Carter
told me. "I told him: 'Man it's no damage to your car. What is this all
about?' He put a gun to my head and put his hand around my neck,"
Carter said. "[Jones] never stated he was a police officer during the
whole ordeal. The police questioned him and took me to the side and
questioned me. Then they told me to get in the police car because we
had to go to the police station and make a report," Carter said. "They
questioned me for about two hours and left. Then they came back to my
cell with a little bag and told me to empty all of my pockets. I asked
them for what. You've got to tell me what you are charging me with,"
Carter said he told police officers. "I have a wife at home who is a
diabetic. I've been here long enough." Carter was told that he was
being charged with assault. He was fingerprinted and his mug shot was
taken before his son arrived at the 111th Street Station. [more] "Don't even get paid a whole lot" -KRS
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