Homeless man led through streets on a rope like a slave sues police

 

Donald Neely, a 44-year-old homeless black man who was led on a rope by two white police officers on horseback is now suing Galveston Police Department, in Texas for £770, 000 ($1m). He was sleeping on the pavement when he was arrested for trespassing, then handcuffed him and led him by rope to a police staging area eight blocks away.

A Lawsuit filed on behalf of Mr. Neely in Galveston County district court has described his humiliation as it alleged the officer’s conduct was extreme and dangerous and further stated that the incident had physically injured Mr. Neely and caused him emotional distress.

It accused the city and the department of negligence and said the officers involved should have known Mr. Neely would consider it offensive to be led on a rope as though he was a slave. The lawsuit continued “ Neely felt as though he was put on display as slaves once were.” In a body-camera video from the incident, one officer could be heard stating on two occasions that leading Mr. Neely by a rope would look bad.

Police Chief Vernon Hale said the men did not act maliciously but noted that the police department was dropping the trained technique from its policy. In a statement, he said: “ First and foremost I must apologise to Mr. Neely for this unnecessary embarrassment, although this is a trained technique and best practice in some scenarios. I believe our officers showed poor judgment in this instance and could have waited for a transport unit at the location of the arrest”.

Fort the solicitors the only thing that matters is money neither ” Black lives matter nor White lives matter.