Posted on 10/11/2021 2:09:28 PM PDT by RandFan
US police are investigating video showing a black man being dragged from his car by officers as he repeatedly screams "I'm paraplegic".
Bodycam footage shows officers stopping Clifford Owensby in Dayton, Ohio, last month and asking him to step out of his car so they can search it for drugs.
Mr Owensby, 39, refuses, saying he does not have use of his legs.
The officers insist he must get out and then pull him from the vehicle by his hair and arms as he calls for help.
The Dayton Police Department says it is now investigating the incident that took place on 30 September.
Authorities say the officers stopped Mr Owensby because he was driving away from a house suspected of hosting involvement in drugs. Police say they found a bag of cash containing $22,450 (£16,500) in the car.
Mr Owensby has not been charged over any drug-related offences.
During the incident, Mr Owensby repeatedly refuses requests to leave the car, although officers do say they will help him out.
Mr Owensby asks an officer to call in a "white shirt", meaning a superior.
"Here's the thing, I'm going to pull you out and then I'll call a white shirt," an officer replies.
As his frustration increases, he says: "You can co-operate and get out of the car or I'll drag you out of the car. Do you see your two options here?"
Dayton's mayor Nan Whaley described the footage as "very concerning".
Civil rights groups say they are also looking into the incident.
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POLICE BRUTIALLY
If a drug dog alerts that is considered probable cause.
That is the current law. Whether or not, as some here have stated, a dog is trained to alert on command doesn’t matter.
> And the blue Ohio handicap hang-tag like I have...
Just FYI. If you look at your placard it says “Remove Before Driving Vehicle”.
In the video there appears to be a hand control.
IMHO he still should have complied. The street is not the place to make your argument.
Thanks for the correction. :-)
Look for the Dayton police to try & sweep this under the rug!
I don’t remember a dog being mentioned. A friend of mine was asked to search his van and he said no. They told him wait so they could get a K9 officer. Thirty minutes later they told him he could go as the K9 officer was busy elsewhere. I don’t know about Ohio but there is a limit to how long they can hold a suspect before they have to let him go. The story said there were no charges for drugs but there might have been other charges it didn’t say. Even so the officer has to present the warrant for searches. Of course many cops do what ever they please.
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