In Trumpmerica, this kind of treatment would be standard. Well at least if you’re not rich and white.
Link to video of the search, via the Washington Post. This is appalling.
Racism. Pure and simple.
Read the link to article in the local paper. This is horrifying. I hope they sue the town broke and blind…
Absolutely revolting. When you deny people their humanity, it’s a simple matter to then deny them their dignity, not to mention their life and liberty.
This honestly makes me want to throw up. Those officers shouldn’t just be sued, they should also be charged with sexual assault.
Calling him “boy”, getting the dog, humiliating both people who had done not one damn thing wrong, the tags were legal. And they complied.
Lord knows what would have happened if they had asserted their rights.
A slam-dunk for the plaintiffs, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the DOJ started sniffing around the Aiken P.D.
Off-topic, but “Elijah Pontoon?” Great name. I may legally change mine.
They seem to be the types that would like that sort of thing… horrible.
Every time I read “the city denied the allegations” I’m pretty sure they’re going to get taken to the cleaners. Which is really pretty sad. Because our a priori assumption shouldn’t have to be that police and government officials are lying.
Even in South Carolina?
As soon as they get to the point of having to deny something rather than just ignoring the allegations…