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MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 09:06 PM Oct 2016

Again:african american man harassed and beaten in his mom's home by police, when will this stop

City council members in Greensboro, North Carolina voted this week to strip the law enforcement credentials of a police officer who is accused of violently arresting a man sitting on his porch after body camera footage of the arrest was made public.

The council voted unanimously Monday to permanently sanction Officer Travis Cole for using excessive force during the June arrest. The body camera footage shows Cole roughly throwing Dejuan Yourse to the floor of the porch and punching him as Yourse waited for his mom to come home and let him into the house, according to local news WREG.

The council pushed for criminal charges against Cole, but the district attorney refused, saying he wouldn’t “rehash the same evidence,” the Greensboro News & Record reported.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dejuan-yource-arrested-on-porch_us_57eec39ee4b024a52d2ef329?section=&

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Just look at the video, and decide yourself, if officer should have been prosecuted
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Again:african american man harassed and beaten in his mom's home by police, when will this stop (Original Post) MyNameIsKhan Oct 2016 OP
Had the roles been reversed GWC58 Oct 2016 #1
Absolutely, I am positive Greensboro DA is white man... MyNameIsKhan Oct 2016 #2
Doug Henderson DA... MyNameIsKhan Oct 2016 #3

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
1. Had the roles been reversed
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 09:18 PM
Oct 2016

you better believe charges would've been filed. And yes, charges should have been filed. This must stop!!

MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
2. Absolutely, I am positive Greensboro DA is white man...
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 09:24 PM
Oct 2016

How can we let this thing go on ?, Police really needs training and reform. I also believe we need Diversity management in Police.

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