BRAVO, lawer! White Attorney Confronts Cops Over Arrest Of Black Man In Rich Suburb Jody Westby stopped Washington police from arresting disabled Dennis Stuckey, a handy man who has worked in the wealthy area of Foxhall Crescent for 30 years. Hes been in this neighborhood for 30 years: Moment white attorney confronted police officer arresting innocent black man in rich suburb after presuming he was a criminal This is the moment an attorney stopped police from arresting a disabled black man on suspicion of burgling a house almost a mile away. Jody Westby came out of her house in Foxhall Crescent, Washington, to see an officer preparing to search 64-year-old Dennis Stuckey, a local handy man. Demanding to know why he was being detained, Mrs Westby was told police received reports of a burlgary and stopped him as a possible suspect. But after intense questioning, captured on video by her housekeeper, she discovered the burglary was in another neighborhood three-quarters of a mile away and there were no grounds for suspicion. Im an attorney and this is wrong she exclaimed. Now please leave our neighborhood. The female officer attempting to arrest Mr Stuckey insisted he was loud and boisterous when she stopped him. Thats because youre accusing him, Mrs Westby retorted. Finally, after complaining to a passing officer about the incident, she secures his release. Come on Dennis, they said you can go, she says as she helps him up. She then turns to say: Im reporting this. Just because hes black doesnt mean hes here to rob a house. He works for us, hes been in this neighborhood for 30 years. Now go find 4600 Foxhall. It has since emerged that the owner of the burgled house had accidentally keyed in the wrong number to his garage, setting off the alert. The two officers, who were both black, did not have a description of a potential suspect when they went on patrol at 1pm on October 1. Mrs Westby told the paper: It was very interesting, in the sense of getting a picture of how black cops treat black people, and how humiliating it was for him. They were treating him just like a dog. Washington Police told the Washington Post they believed there to be no misconduct and accused Mrs Westby of making assumptions of her own by accusing the officers of racism. The incident will now be addressed at a committee on stop-searches in the city next week.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:28:36 +0000
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