Critic' of McKinney Police charged with threatening officer
Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 07:22PM
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Community Beleives Police are Arresting Leaders who Ctiticize Cops
McKinney police charged a 48-year-old woman with
threatening an officer Wednesday, the second east side resident
arrested on the charge within a week. Evelyn Smith, who neighbors
describe as a vocal critic of police tactics in the community, faces
criminal retaliation charges brought after officers arrested the woman
for trespassing. The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday as
police responded to loitering violations at the Manor House apartment
complex in the 700 block of Bumpas Street, officials said. Officers
arrested Smith for criminal trespass as she stood outside of the
apartment's gate videotaping their activity. Apartment management had
forbidden her from entering the complex, and she had received a prior
warning to stay off the property, police said. On the way to jail,
Smith told the officer "that the streets were going to take care of
him. That she was going to make sure that he got got," Capt. Randy
Roland said. Manor House Apartments is a site of mounting racial
tension between police and many black residents, who say the arrest are
meant to quiet opposition to police harassment. [more and [more ]
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