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Media Re: NAACP Accuses SPD, Seattle PI of Racial Profiling
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 1:58 PM
If you missed this post by Mr. Spangenthal-Lee, read it.
According to the boys' written statements, the group told [officer] Shepherd they were from the Central District. “You must be in a gang because you’re out so late,” Shepherd shot back before asking one of the boys why he was "wearing so much gray." Statements say Shepherd also asked one boy if he had a street name. When the boy said no, the statement says, Shepherd laughed and asked him “What, you don’t have any street cred?”Officer Shepherd brought two of the boys back to the car, the statements say, and patted them down while a PI photographer snapped pics. One of the teens says Officer Shepherd walked around the car “making superhero-looking poses." Another written statement says “it seemed as though it was a photo shoot because officer Shepherd was posing for the camera." None of the boys were arrested.
According to the PI article, officers told reporters it was a slow night.
Again, whole post here.
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