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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Sep 21, 2020, 10:24 PM Sep 2020

Wisconsin Black man falsely arrested at his own home sues city

The young man, Keonte Furdge, was arrested and held at gunpoint in his home by two officers

On June 2, a young Black man was arrested in his home with guns pointed at him, but police are now calling the incident a mistake.

As reported by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Keonte Furdge was arrested in his home after a neighbor called the police because he was sitting on the patio. Two police officers entered the house with their guns drawn and handcuffed Furdge, 23.

The home belonged to Furdge’s coach who was allowing him and another team mate to stay in the house after his mother who previously lived in the home had passed away. When officers Jared Wedig and Luke Wunsch discovered they made a mistake they apologized saying “sorry to ruffle your feathers this morning.” They added the neighbor was probably alarmed and called the police because the boys are “two big Black guys.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-black-man-falsely-arrested-194757484.html

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Wisconsin Black man falsely arrested at his own home sues city (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
Hope he wins big. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #1
Kick for wtf? lunasun Sep 2020 #2

OAITW r.2.0

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1. Hope he wins big.
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 10:36 PM
Sep 2020

Some "mistake". This is on the officers....lefts find out what their politics are, what they post. If they come up as white supremacists, then make the City pay for piss poor screening of their police force.

As a white person, I can't imagine what it's like to be a minority when our police force seems to attract people with a racial/social bias against all minorities. This has to change. Proportional policing in all locations.

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