10 Oct
Wow. Police harrass and humilate Black Man, White Lady Lawyer intervenes, restores order.
Wow. Police harrass and humilate Black Man, White Lady Lawyer intervenes, restores order.
The O’Leary: This is priceless!
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They were treating him like a dog.
Attorney shuts down police stop of black handyman
A recent videotaped incident in Washington, D.C., highlights the way race and class matter in police interactions with residents.The video, which was posted online by the Washington Post, shows white attorney Jody Westby coming to the aid of black handyman Dennis Stucky, who has been stopped by two officers and is sitting on a curb in the upscale Foxhall Crescent neighborhood.
Westby asks the officers – one standing near the curb and another sitting in a patrol car — why Stucky has been stopped, and they tell her he’s suspected in a burglary.
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Essentially, the cops – shockingly – were basically wrong AND tormenting this man who was just there to earn his pay. He is a handyman who is described as being a fixture in the area for decades.
The cops reported they had a call about a burglar alarm and the handyman, who has a name – Mr. Dennis Stucky – was reported to be carrying bags. Must be him. Too bad the burglar alarm call was in a neighborhood NEARBY.
Pretty terrible to be a black man in a wealthy neighborhood carrying bags.
What’s WORSE is this harassment and exercise in public humiliation was provided by a black police officer to a black man.
One of the gems in this, aside from the lawyer telling the cops to go away, was the police officer complaining that Mr. Stucky was getting “boisterous”.
The officer, who is black, tells Westby that Stucky had become “loud and boisterous,” which made police suspicious.“Because you’re accusing him,” Westby says, sternly.
