'Don't Even get Paid a Whole Lot.' Black Cop Apologized for beating white man. The point here is not diminish the unjust actions of any cops but to point out the operating system of white supremacy. "It is rare for a white police officer to be punished for using excessive force against a black man, woman, or child. It is just as rare for a black police officer to use excessive force against a white person. In fact, there has never been a single instance of a black police officer shooting or killing an unarmed white person in the history of modern law enforcement. This is not surprising but it is absolute proof that the black individual operating within a system of white supremacy cannot mistreat whites even if he or she is wearing a uniform, a badge, and carrying a gun." -Anon [MORE] From [HERE] and [HERE] A Prince George’s County police officer caught on video beating an unarmed college student as he lay on the ground during a raucous celebration in College Park in 2010 initially told an investigator that he did not know who swung the baton, the investigator testified Tuesday.

In an April 2010 conversation with Lt. Charles Walls of Internal Affairs, Officer James Harrison said he “couldn’t actually identify himself” in video footage that shows two officers repeatedly striking University of Maryland student John McKenna, Walls testified. Shown the video, Walls said, Harrison initially said he was “more in the middle of the line,” a short distance away from the beating.

Harrison and another Prince George’s officer, Reginald Baker, are facing first-degree assault and misconduct in office charges in connection with the March 2010 incident, which followed a U-Md. basketball victory over Duke.

Prosecutors have said they were the officers caught on tape slamming McKenna with a riot shield after he skipped toward them, then beating him with a baton after he crumpled to the ground. Defense attorneys have argued that Harrison and Baker were merely acting as “foot soldiers” trying to control a violent riot in College Park.