Thursday, September 17, 2015

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Seattle police chief fires cop who arrested man carrying golf club | The Seattle Times:
(September 15, 2015)
Seattle police Officer Cynthia Whitlatch was fired Tuesday over her arrest of an African-American man carrying a golf club as a cane, in what Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole labeled a case of biased and overly aggressive policing.
Is this a case of .. Driving While Black?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It sounds a bit extreme on the part of the chief. Especially if he was carrying the golf club outside of a golf course. A verbal reprimand should have been enough, not firing. I am sure the city or state has a law against carrying clubs in public, and the law is colorblind.