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Police Mistake Man’s Antibiotics for ‘Drugs’ and Savagely Beat Him
Baytown Texas cops beat a man and then arrested him after they mistook completely legal antibiotics for illegal drugs.
Baytown, TX — Baytown Texas police officers are under investigation following allegations of police brutality and unnecessary use of force after savagely beating a man for having antibiotics. Earlier this month, Kedrick Crawford was targeted by officers for merely looking “suspicious” in a gas station parking lot. When officers arrived, Crawford reportedly offered his personal information and allowed police to search his vehicle.
Crawford seemed to become agitated as the search proceeded. At some point during the police search he questioned why Baytown PD were searching so frantically to find evidence against him. One officer responded saying Crawford already gave them permission to search the vehicle.
“When am I free to go,” Crawford asked, to which an officer replied, “Whenever man!” Five seconds later, police escalated to what Crawford believes to be an unlawful arrest.
In what seemed like an instant, things took a turn for the worse for Crawford. He was told to turn around and put his hands behind his back — which he did. The arresting officer then told Crawford not to “tense up.” The man was then thrown on the side of his own vehicle and then taken violently to the ground, all the while repeatedly screaming “what did I do?”
As other officers got involved in the violent arrest, Crawford can be heard screaming “ya’ll are trying to kill me!” He was tasered over and over again. Also, a telescoping police baton can be seen in the officers’ body camera footage. Crawford received a large laceration on his face and bruising in what some police accountability activists could describe as government-sponsored torture.
continued..https://thefreethoughtproject.com/m...-police-for-not-being-a-criminal-antibiotics/
Baytown Texas cops beat a man and then arrested him after they mistook completely legal antibiotics for illegal drugs.
Baytown, TX — Baytown Texas police officers are under investigation following allegations of police brutality and unnecessary use of force after savagely beating a man for having antibiotics. Earlier this month, Kedrick Crawford was targeted by officers for merely looking “suspicious” in a gas station parking lot. When officers arrived, Crawford reportedly offered his personal information and allowed police to search his vehicle.
Crawford seemed to become agitated as the search proceeded. At some point during the police search he questioned why Baytown PD were searching so frantically to find evidence against him. One officer responded saying Crawford already gave them permission to search the vehicle.
“When am I free to go,” Crawford asked, to which an officer replied, “Whenever man!” Five seconds later, police escalated to what Crawford believes to be an unlawful arrest.
In what seemed like an instant, things took a turn for the worse for Crawford. He was told to turn around and put his hands behind his back — which he did. The arresting officer then told Crawford not to “tense up.” The man was then thrown on the side of his own vehicle and then taken violently to the ground, all the while repeatedly screaming “what did I do?”
As other officers got involved in the violent arrest, Crawford can be heard screaming “ya’ll are trying to kill me!” He was tasered over and over again. Also, a telescoping police baton can be seen in the officers’ body camera footage. Crawford received a large laceration on his face and bruising in what some police accountability activists could describe as government-sponsored torture.
continued..https://thefreethoughtproject.com/m...-police-for-not-being-a-criminal-antibiotics/
