There are Only False Choices in the Free Range Prison: "You can get out of the car or I will drag You out." White OH Cops Drag a Disobedient Black Paraplegic Out of His Car After Bullshit Stop

From [HERE] A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after body camera video showed police officers pulling him out of his car by his hair and arms after he refused officers' orders during a traffic stop late last month.

Officers said they pulled Owensby over because he was seen leaving a suspected drug house police were monitoring. He was not charged with any drug-related offenses.

Owensby accused the Dayton Police Department (DPD) of profiling, unlawful arrest, illegal search and seizure, and failure to read him his rights before being taken to jail, Dayton Unit NAACP President Derrick Foward said at the news conference.

"They dragged me to their vehicle like a dog, like trash," Clifford Owensby, 39, said at a news conference Sunday.

Owensby received a citation for failure to restrain a child and for having tinted glass as a result of the incident, according to court records. A child was in the car with Owensby at the time of the incident, but it is unclear if the child is related to him.

Owensby pleaded not guilty on Friday, according to his attorney James Willis.

Willis said he plans to file a civil lawsuit.

"It'll take a little time to do some investigating, but we'll probably get something filed in the next month," Willis said Monday.

CNN has reached out to the District Attorney's office to ask if Owensby will be charged.

The officers involved -- who have not been identified -- remain on duty while an investigation is underway, said DPD spokesperson Cara Zinski-Neace.

On video, Owensby tells officers to call a superior during the traffic stop

On Friday, DPD released a nearly 12-minute video of the body camera footage taken from the September 30 incident.

Officers called for a Narcotics Detection K-9 unit because they observed Owensby leave a suspected drug house in the area they had been monitoring, Dayton Police Major Brian Johns said in a recorded statement.

Johns said based on his past felony drug and weapons history coupled with their observation he had left the residence in question, the officers requested a narcotics Detection K-9 to conduct a "free-air sniff," when a dog smells around the outside of a vehicle.

"Dayton Police Department policy requires the occupants of the vehicle to exit for their own safety and safety of the K-9 officer to perform this free-air sniff," Johns said.

According to the video, shortly after the radio call, one of the officers returns to Owensby, who is in the driver's seat, and asks him to step out.

Owensby refuses, then tells the officer he can't because he is paralyzed. "I'm a paraplegic," Owensby says. "I got help getting in."

Clifford Owensby is seen here on Dayton police body camera footage being dragged on the ground by offices on September 30, 2021.

The officer tells Owensby he will assist him in getting out of the vehicle, but Owensby tells the officer not to touch him and requests the officer call a superior. The officer responds by saying he will call his superior, but Owensby must get out of the car first.

"So you can cooperate and get out of the car, or I will drag you out of the car. You see your two options here?" the officer yells at Owensby, who repeats his request for the officers to call a superior.

Seconds later, two officers grab Owensby, and rip him out. One of the officers grabs him by the arm and collar and then grabs his hair and drags him out of the vehicle. Owensby is seen in the video struggling on the pavement, yelling for help as the two officers proceed to subdue him.

Johns said Owensby was taken to a local hospital, where he was examined for possible injuries and released. The police major also said officers retrieved a bag of cash from Owensby's vehicle containing $22,450.

Owensby said Sunday the money was his savings and no weapons or drugs were found in the search. He was not charged with any drug-related offenses.

"I have nightmares," Owensby said about the arrest. "I should not have to leave out of my house every day wondering if this is going to happen to me again." [MORE]