Posted on Aug 6, 2019
Texas police apologise after officers on horseback led black man by rope
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Not cool.
Galveston’s police chief, Vernon Hale, confirmed the photos were genuine.
He said: “First and foremost I must apologize to Mr Neely for this unnecessary embarrassment. Although this is a trained technique and best practice in some scenarios, I believe our officers showed poor judgment in this instance and could have waited for a transport unit at the location of arrest.
Hale added: “We have immediately changed the policy to prevent the use of this technique and will review all mounted training and procedures for more appropriate methods.”
Galveston’s police chief, Vernon Hale, confirmed the photos were genuine.
He said: “First and foremost I must apologize to Mr Neely for this unnecessary embarrassment. Although this is a trained technique and best practice in some scenarios, I believe our officers showed poor judgment in this instance and could have waited for a transport unit at the location of arrest.
Hale added: “We have immediately changed the policy to prevent the use of this technique and will review all mounted training and procedures for more appropriate methods.”
Texas police apologise after officers on horseback led black man by rope
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An honest question, I would like an honest (non-emotional) answer...
How much the same, or how different would it be if the guy being arrested was Italian, or Jewish, or English, or Irish, or, or, or, or?
Yes, this was tacky - for anyone being arrested - unless the protection of the public was at stake. The usage did not fit the circumstances IMHO.
How much the same, or how different would it be if the guy being arrested was Italian, or Jewish, or English, or Irish, or, or, or, or?
Yes, this was tacky - for anyone being arrested - unless the protection of the public was at stake. The usage did not fit the circumstances IMHO.
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Patricia Overmeyer
SSgt Keith Barrows: Non-emotional answer. First, please read Mandingo; Soul by Soul, Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market; Twelve Years a Slave; Inhuman Bondage, The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. There are several more books which I could list, but those will start to give you an insight into slavery.
Then you can answer for yourself why seeing a black man in handcuffs with a leash attached to it and being led behind a horse with a white police officer evokes images from slavery and the true humiliation of people whose only sin was they were not white and had fled their masters. The only thing missing in that photo was the neck collar that was also used on slaves who ran away and were considered problems. The only difference is that it was a police officer instead of a bounty hunter.
Then you can answer for yourself why seeing a black man in handcuffs with a leash attached to it and being led behind a horse with a white police officer evokes images from slavery and the true humiliation of people whose only sin was they were not white and had fled their masters. The only thing missing in that photo was the neck collar that was also used on slaves who ran away and were considered problems. The only difference is that it was a police officer instead of a bounty hunter.
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Patricia Overmeyer -
https://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Irish-Slave-Girl-McCafferty/dp/014200183X
https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Slaves-indenture-Contract-Immigrants/dp/145630612X
https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-irish-slave-trade-the-forgotten-white-slaves/31076
I've read, discussed and did research on slavery (not skin tone). It is ugly. It is brutal. It is demeaning to life. And more. The white slave market is still thriving, alive and going strong in the middle east. As it has for over 2,000 years. The slave pipeline, is still alive here in the Americas. More of it is focused on the sex slave trade as well as the children.
A part of our Marine Corps Hymn is a line "To the shores of Triploi". What was Tripoli all about? It was about the Barbary Pirates capturing ships and a lot of those crews went into slavery if the ransom was not swiftly met. Tripoly is about Lt Presley O'Bannon and a 600 mile march across the desert to Derna where the first American Flag was raised on foreign soil. It is also where the Marine Corps Officer's Sword came from - the famed Mameluke.
Our focus, for the last 20 years, has been on how bad it was just over 100 years ago for one skin tone yet dismisses all other skin tones out of hand. And by focused, I mean the political and media focus to keep us divided.
As I already stated - this policy of that department was in poor taste and unfortunately not PC any more. But, so far, only if the person was black. The history of this Nation's involvement with slavery is but a blink of the eye compared to most other parts of the world. And in that history we had white's buying/selling whites and blacks, blacks buying/selling whites and blacks, black slave owners, white slave owners, atrocities enough to fill several volumes of books. But, after all that history - where is the focus? Why?
https://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Irish-Slave-Girl-McCafferty/dp/014200183X
https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Slaves-indenture-Contract-Immigrants/dp/145630612X
https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-irish-slave-trade-the-forgotten-white-slaves/31076
I've read, discussed and did research on slavery (not skin tone). It is ugly. It is brutal. It is demeaning to life. And more. The white slave market is still thriving, alive and going strong in the middle east. As it has for over 2,000 years. The slave pipeline, is still alive here in the Americas. More of it is focused on the sex slave trade as well as the children.
A part of our Marine Corps Hymn is a line "To the shores of Triploi". What was Tripoli all about? It was about the Barbary Pirates capturing ships and a lot of those crews went into slavery if the ransom was not swiftly met. Tripoly is about Lt Presley O'Bannon and a 600 mile march across the desert to Derna where the first American Flag was raised on foreign soil. It is also where the Marine Corps Officer's Sword came from - the famed Mameluke.
Our focus, for the last 20 years, has been on how bad it was just over 100 years ago for one skin tone yet dismisses all other skin tones out of hand. And by focused, I mean the political and media focus to keep us divided.
As I already stated - this policy of that department was in poor taste and unfortunately not PC any more. But, so far, only if the person was black. The history of this Nation's involvement with slavery is but a blink of the eye compared to most other parts of the world. And in that history we had white's buying/selling whites and blacks, blacks buying/selling whites and blacks, black slave owners, white slave owners, atrocities enough to fill several volumes of books. But, after all that history - where is the focus? Why?
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Patricia Overmeyer
SSgt (Join to see) - You answered your own question. "The history of this Nation's involvement with slavery...compared to other parts of the world." The incident happened in the United States, not in Morocco, Tripoli, Outer Mongolia, etc. Therefore, the image harkens back to the bounty hunters of escaped black African slaves in the United States. As I said above, the only thing missing was the metal neck collar.
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SSgt (Join to see)
Ok. Back to my question which was side=stepped: "How much the same, or how different would it be if the guy being arrested was Italian, or Jewish, or English, or Irish, or, or, or, or?"
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