NAACP responds to Tuscaloosa arrest video
NAACP responds to Tuscaloosa arrest video
BEFORE HEADING TO WISCONSIN AND CALLED THE SHOOTING HARD TO BELIEVE. HERO HOME, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING FOR THE FIRING OF TWO TUSCALOOSA POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AND INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AS THEY ARRESTED SOMEONE. CHIP SCARBOROUGH IS LIVE AT TUSCALOOSA POLICE HEADQUARTERS WERE SOME OF THOSE ACTIVISTS GATHERED THIS AFTERNOON. CHIP: THOSE TWO OFFICERS IN QUESTION ON DESK DUTY AFTER BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS WHAT THE POLICE CHIEF DESCRIBED AS DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR BY THOSE OFFICERS. MEMBERS OF THE NAACP GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EXPRESS THEIR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION OVER THE OFFICER’S ACTIONS. IT ALL STARTED LAST WEEKEND WHEN THEY STOPPED 22-YEAR-OLD JHASMYNN SHEPPARD WHO WAS WANTED FOR HIT&RUN. WHEN OFFICERS APPROACHED SHEPPARD, THINGS QUICKLY GOT OUT OF HAND WITH THE OFFICERS USING BOTH EXCESSIVE FORCE AND INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE. THE STATE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP SAYS DESK DUTY IS NOT ENOUGH PUNISHMENT >> IT SAYS THAT YOU CAN BEAT A PERSON. THAT YOU CAN VIOLATE THEIR HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND NOTHING WILL BE DONE TO YOU. SO WE’RE CALLING UPON THE MAYO WE’RE CALLING UPON POLICE, AND WE’RE CALLING ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE FEDERAL BUREA OF INVESTIGATION AND THE U.S. ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE THIS CASE THOROUGHLY. CHIP: WHEN IT COMES TO WHETHER SHEPPARD ESCALATED THE SITUATION BY RESISTING THE ARREST, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALABAMA NAACP SAYS EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO QUESTION WHEY THEY ARE BEING ARRESTED. LIVE IN TUSCALOOSA, CHIP SCARBOROUG
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NAACP responds to Tuscaloosa arrest video
Civil rights activists are calling for the firing of two Tuscaloosa police officers accused of using excessive force and inappropriate language as they arrested a woman.
Civil rights activists are calling for the firing of two Tuscaloosa police officers accused of using excessive force and inappropriate language as they arrested a woman.
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