Outside of St. Louis, a Black elderly woman and her son were brutalized by a local police department. The reason for this encounter all steamed from a cop accusing the man of stealing a television from Sam's Club. The man said he paid for the television and couldn't take it home because it couldn't fit inside his vehicle. So he came back later and obtained it and the cops were there on a call about theft of property.
So Marvia Gray, 68 and her son Derek, 43 were arrested at a Sam's Club in the town of Des Peres, Missouri. The St. Louis County Police are under fire for this. Yet again putting the Black community against the law.
Almost six years ago, Michael Brown was killed by the Ferguson Police. Tensions still exist in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Marvia who is frail with osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, glaucoma and other ailments was slammed to the ground by the police. Her son, Derek got very permanent injuries in head and his teeth.
Four white cops were called to the Sam's Club after they wrongly accused them of stealing a television.
Marvia said she suffered permanent injuries to her tailbone, back, shoulder, knees and arms.
Derek suffered a concussion, three shattered teeth, an open head wound that required stitches, and metal staples.
Onlookers in the store captured the encounter on cellphone video.
A lawyer said that Marvia and Derek were especially traumatized by the way they were treated seeing that many other high profile incidents happened in St. Louis and the region.
"Mrs. Gray thought her son was about to be another Black man unjustifiably shot and killed by the police," said Andrew M. Stroth of the Chicago-based Action Injury Group. "You can see in the video that she is terrified with respect to what they're doing to her son."
Two videos show that Gray and her son were already on the ground.
At one point, Derek tries to sit up but two officers forcefully pushed him back down. He can be heard yelling, "Get off me, 'Please let me go,'" and "I'm humiliated." His mother screams throughout the approximate four-minute videos, several times imploring officers, "Please leave me alone!"
Police captain, Sean Quinn declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing pending litigation.
Derek lives in Virginia and is a security officer. His mother was in frail health. Derek took family leave to care for his mom in the town of Creve Coeur.
At the Sam's Club, he purchased a 65-inch Sony Bravia flat-screen TV for $1,000. He told the Sam's Club employees that he'll be back to pick up the television with his SUV. When he came to get his television someone suspected him of shoplifting and notified management.
Management interceded and confirmed that he was a member and paid for the television.
Still a Des Peres cop who was in the store followed Gray to his SUV and accused him of theft before being told by an employee he bought it.
Gray said he's no longer going to be a member of Sam's Club and he returned the TV.
Marvia was charged with interfering with an officer and resisting arrest. Derek was not charged with any crimes.
The charges could put her in the county lockup for up to six months.
In an interview with the local junk food media she said that "I have no faith in the police any more. They tired to take my child."
John Bowman of the St. Louis NAACP said that this incident follows a pattern.
"In St. Louis and in the United States, when a Black person interacts with a white police officer, the immediate concern is: 'Will he be treated with respect, or will they be allow to make a call safely, or will they be harassed, beaten and killed because of the color of our skin,'" said Bowman.
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP!
I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE IS NO GOD!
GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!
Do you believe Black people are treated with respect by store managers and cops when they're purchasing big ticket items?
All polls that are conducted will contain a troll who will post or respond to the dumbest answers.
You are warned, do not use the services of (Jeffery) Shaun King. Please avoid this individual. He doesn't represent Black Lives Matter in anyway.
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