I Was Shot By Plain Clothes Cops Because They Thought My Drink Was A Gun!

A Black man is lucky to be alive after he was shot by the Trenton Police.

A man is suing a New Jersey police department after he was shot by plain clothes officers. He was left paralyzed from this encounter. He was unarmed and was complying with them.

A Black man in New Jersey grabbing iced tea from a car was shot and paralyzed by plain-clothed officers last month, according to a lawsuit alleging excessive force, negligence and racial profiling.

Jajuan R. Henderson, 29, was getting the drink from a Saturn Ion parked outside of his home shortly after midnight on Feb. 12 in Trenton, per the civil suit filed Wednesday in Mercer County.

That’s when a group of men in dark clothing and masks driving an unidentified vehicle boxed in the Saturn, which was parallel parked, according to the lawsuit. Henderson did not know who the men were.

Once out of their vehicle, the men began yelling and Henderson then attempted to use his phone to call for help, the suit said.

One of the men smashed the driver’s side window and Henderson was shot four times, the lawsuit said.

“This group of men, appearing as any other group of dangerous criminals from a horror movie, turned out to be from the Trenton Police Department,” the lawsuit said.

“A Black man sitting in a car at midnight while on a cell phone was all the unidentified police needed to smash the driver’s side window. Despite being unarmed, nonthreatening, and minding his own business, the police proceeded to use lethal force and shoot Jajuan in the neck. It is a miracle Jajuan survived.”

Henderson is now paralyzed from the chest down, the suit said.

Named as defendants are the city of Trenton, the director of Trenton police, Steve E. Wilson, and four officers only identified by their initials who were on scene.

A man is permanently paralyzed by cops.

Wilson did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday. A city spokesperson declined comment on the lawsuit, citing the “pending litigation.”

Derek Demeri, an attorney representing Henderson, told NBC News on Friday there are many unknowns in the case, such as the plain-clothed officers’ objective that night.

According to the suit, there is body camera footage that has not been released to the public. The identities of the responding officers have also been withheld, the suit said.

A 2018 attorney general directive says video footage should be released publicly, when requested, once the initial use-of-force is substantially complete — usually within 20 days, NJ.com reported.

“It’s very frustrating. The family has a right to transparency in this process,” Demeri said.

A Trenton spokesperson, Tim Carroll — speaking on behalf of the city and police department — declined to comment beyond saying an investigation was ongoing.

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Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms. 

I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth. When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege. 

I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you.

I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

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