What Happened To Clifford Owensby?

Clifford Owensby was pulled out by his hair by the Dayton Police.

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The city of Dayton, Ohio is doing damage control after the police department pulled a paraplegic man from his vehicle after they suspected him of leaving a drug house. This is what the police department is running on. They also claim that the person they arrested had a history and a large wad of cash.

So, big freaking deal?

Did he have any narcotics in his vehicle?

No.

We seen this story before. I've been there!

Ohio man shares his story about being pulled out of his vehicle by the Dayton Police.

It doesn't matter where I go, if I'm not committing a crime, there's no need to be pulled over. But you know this is what Black men face everyday when we are motorists. The Supreme Court allows cops to "stretch the truth" if there's a risk to the safety of the community. The Terry stop allows the police to briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. Reasonable suspicion is a lower standard than probable cause which is needed for arrest. When police stop and search a pedestrian, this is commonly known as a stop and frisk.

We are often profiled for potential criminal activity. You could be parked in a parking lot at dark minding your business and cops could assume something is potentially criminal. They pull you over and demand your license and ask if you've been drinking or ask to search your vehicle. When you decline or ask for a supervisor, the situation elevates. Then the cops would pull you out the vehicle and claim you resisting arrest and then they book you on bullshit charges. They have a search of your vehicle with a dog and the trainer makes the dog find a "hit." The cops search your vehicle and destroy your property or rearrange things out of place.

Then they throw a bullshit charge or moving citation on grounds of your refusal to comply.

Police in Ohio drag a paraplegic Black man out of his car during a traffic stop pic.twitter.com/quzXj1sTqP

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) October 8, 2021

This happened to me and this happened to Clifford Owensby, Sr. His encounter has become a national story.

Owensby, 39, who said he does not have use of his legs, said he felt helpless when he was removed from the car to the ground and handcuffed before being placed in the back of a Dayton Police Department cruiser during the Sept. 30 traffic stop.

Police said the two Dayton officers were part of a narcotics investigation in the Dayton View neighborhood and saw the car leaving a suspected drug house. Due to that and the driver's "felony drug and weapon history," a K-9 team was summoned for a "free air sniff" that, under department policy, required occupants to leave the vehicle for their safety and that of the dog, police said.

Owensby said he could not get out because he is paraplegic, and he refused their assistance in doing so, police said. He then "grabbed onto the steering wheel ... (and) was then forcibly removed from the vehicle," police said.

Police bodycam footage shows Owensby repeatedly telling the officers that he was unable to get out of the car because he was a paraplegic, threatening to file a lawsuit and calling someone to "bring some people with cameras" to record the interaction. On the ground, he is heard screaming for help, asking if people were recording and asking someone to call "the real police."

Police said Owensby was placed on the ground "in order to secure him" and officers had to pull his arms behind his back to handcuff him, police said. A bag containing $22,450 in cash was found on the front floorboard, and the dog alerted to the currency, meaning "the money had been in close proximity to illegal drugs," police said.

Question: How would a dog know if the money was in proximity of illegal drugs?

Money exchanges hands every freaking day. So it wouldn't matter how much is exchange, there's no proof if there's no drugs in the car.

That's literal cop-out or a "cop's version."

Owensby who is paralyzed is able to drive a vehicle. He is allowed to travel wherever he wants. The police assumption of him being in "high crime area" is their justification for an unlawful search and seizure.

CBS affiliate WHIO-TV reports that on Sunday, Dayton NAACP president Derrick Forward announced Owensby filed a complaint with the organization against the department "for profiling him, unlawful arrest and illegal search and seizure of his vehicle." Forward claimed, along with being forced from the car, Owensby was also not read his Miranda Rights before being taken to jail.

"This is a total disregard for human life. The officers need to be held accountable," Forward said.

Speaking at the press conference, Owensby said the incident was "inhumane."

"[They had] no respect for me, no regard for my well-being," Owensby said.

The Dayton Daily News reported that a police report cited misdemeanor obstructing official business and resisting arrest in the crime status information, but Owensby had not been charged with either count. Traffic citations were filed in municipal court due to an unrestrained 3-year-old child in the back seat and the car's tinted glass. Police earlier told the paper that there was "a current and active investigation concerning the money."

Owensby told the newspaper that he sustained scrapes from the pavement and reinjury of previous back problem.

"I feel like they don't even respect me as a citizen," Owensby said, adding that he hopes for "some kind of disciplinary action."

Police said a professional standards bureau investigation of the traffic stop had begun and asked for patience from the public during that process.

Matt Carper, the police department's interim director and chief, said Friday that upcoming training for all Dayton officers and supervisors will include diversity, equity and inclusion as well as deescalation, bias-free policing and procedural justice.

"We need to do better, and this can be done by further developing the mutual respect and accountability to make our city safer," Carper stated.

Mayor Nan Whaley said in a statement Friday evening that the video was "very concerning."

"No matter where you live or what you look like, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect when dealing with Dayton Police," she said. "Dayton remains committed to our ongoing community-led police reform process and providing transparency in situations like this."

The Dayton Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 44 defended the officers, saying they "followed the law, their training and departmental policies and procedures," the newspaper reported.

"Sometimes the arrest of noncompliant individuals is not pretty, but is a necessary part of law enforcement to maintain public safety, which is one of the fundamental ideologies of our society," president Jerome Dix said in a statement.

Dayton is a well-known segregated city. Interstate 75 divides the city. The west is economically deprived and the inner suburb of Trotwood is a ghost town. The rural communities of Phillipsburg, Verona, Brookville, New Lebanon and Farmersville are Washed Up 45 country. The northern suburbs of Clayton, Englewood and Vandalia have the big box stores and groceries. The eastern part of Dayton fares somewhat better but still full of deprived areas and losses of businesses. The eastern suburbs are surviving on their resentment of Dayton and the public buses known as Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority. 

No one is saying a cop's job is easy. Just in the past week, a rookie cop from Georgia was killed. A Sidney, Ohio police officer was shot. An Ohio State Patrol trooper was shot. An Arizona cop was shot.

The risks are far too great with police right now. The so-called Blue Lives Matter will latch on to these incidents as attempts to dehumanize law enforcement. A handful of bad cops make the good cop look bad.

The bad faith actors will chime for "defund the police" and "back the blue" as their way to feel good about what is posted on social media. The trolls of social media will unearth history of the person or the cop.

This never ending nonsense in the country when it comes to race, class, public workers and the junk food media.

Politicians like that white extremist will use this event as a rally cry for his bid to be U.S. Senator.

The police body camera and witness filming has the nation outraged. It wouldn't matter if the cops were filmed by a bystander or not, Ohio would favor the cop. We seen how the governor acted when he was then Attorney General of Ohio in the Jonathan Crawford III case. Then governor Karen DeWine withheld the key evidence in the shooting of Crawford in a Walmart in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek. They failed to charge the Karen who called the cops. They failed to charge the cop for murder. The cop had a bad record and had killed a suspect in the past. They just failed the Crawford family and Ohio rewarded DeWine with a term as governor.

NAACP demands the Dayton Police implicate reforms.

We also seen how John Felton was stopped by a cop after he looked at him. He was followed by the cop for over two miles before being pulled over and given a citation. The cop threatened to arrest him despite him telling him that he knew that profiling. The cop's excuse was "he gave him that suspicious look."

Whaley who is retiring as mayor to run for her ill-fated attempt at replacing DeWine is already not favored among Daytonians or Ohioans. She imposed the mask mandate again. She and city leaders signed off on those speed cameras being placed in mostly Black neighborhoods. She also is not listening to community leaders on the loss of grocery stores and blight. 

She and the governor are friends. Politics aside, she known the governor since he was then a U.S. Senator and Attorney General. 

Do you believe the police were justified in pulling over Clifford Owensby?

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This incident is not just one, it's many. I'm a testament of the Dayton Police, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department, the Cincinnati Police, the Kettering Police, the Englewood Police and the Greene County Sheriff's Department. I've been profiled by these agencies too.