The
Dayton
Police
, in the state of
Ohio
, have announced the opening of an investigation against several officers who pulled a paraplegic black man from his car by pulling his hair after he told them that he could not get out on his own.
Agents stopped
Clifford Owensby
on September 30 with the intention of searching his vehicle for illegal drugs, US public radio NPR reported.
For this, it was necessary for Owensby to get out of the car, and they asked him to do so, according to the recording of the body camera of the agents.
"I can't go out. I'm a paraplegic," Owensby replied, to which a police officer replied that an agent could help him, but the individual replied that he was afraid of being hurt.
Owensby then asks for a "white shirt", that is, the presence of a police supervisor, but the officers reply that they will request it when he gets out of the car.
One of the police officers becomes nervous at Owensby's refusal to get out of the car and threatens to drag him out.
"You can cooperate and get out of the car or I'm the one pulling you out. Do you see the two options you have?" He says.
Finally several agents grab Owensby by pulling his arms and hair while he yells for help.
They restrain him, handcuff his hands behind his back and take him away from the vehicle.
A three year old in the back seat
In the car there was a bag with $ 22,450 and a three-year-old in the back seat.
Owensby was fined for not wearing the boy with the regulation seat belt and for wearing tinted windows.
He has also been cited for obstruction of law enforcement officials and for resisting arrest.
Dayton Mayor
Nan Whaley
called the incident "very disturbing" in statements to NPR.
"That is why the city has immediately published the recording of the body camera. All those involved are being investigated," he explained.
However, the president of the Order of the
Fraternal Lodge of the Dayton Police
,
Jerome Dix
, has defended the action of the police.
"They complied with the law, with their training and with the procedures and policies of the department. Sometimes the arrests of individuals who do not cooperate are not pretty, but they are necessary to maintain public safety," he argued.
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