Louisiana State Police drew their guns on a man during a traffic stop and threw him to the ground even though he had done nothing wrong, and now the agency is saying that, “as a courtesy,” it is not charging the man with a crime.
Shamarr Allen, a popular New Orleans musician, was pulled over early in the morning on July 23. During the stop, an officer pulled a gun on him and, Allen claims, another said, “You move one time, I’m going to blow your head off.”
Allen’s story was widely reported in the local media. Police disputed his claims that they mishandled the 33-year-old trumpet player.
The agency released video of the incident to the media on Tuesday.
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hmmm, Let's see the video shows kops, guns drawn, pushing him to the car hood pushing him to the ground, putting a knee in his back. guns drawn but they did none of that. Who ya gonna believe the kops or your lying eyes?
ReplyDelete“You move one time, I’m going to blow your head off.”
ReplyDeleteSo I take it he didn't move.
"Superintendent of State police Mike Edmonson says that the video shows that his officers acted properly given that they were searching for a jail escapee."
ReplyDeleteSo basically as long as they come up with some bogus excuse they can violate your rights, in their mind.
I look forward to seeing how this plays out in court. My money, the cops lose, again.
and they block out the faces of a couple of kops?
ReplyDeletecar was not reported stolen, so it could have been handled better if they had checked that first.
ReplyDeletedid not ask him to identify himself before they illegally restrained him, excessive force, illegally searching the vehicle without cause, demanding for him to explain his whereabouts. and even when they know they are wrong they continue to harass him. Looks like they even forced him to breathalyze?
this video validates every black man's claim to profiling.
This is definitely going to court, and should be.
America's law enforcement is out of ruttin' control.
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