Cops Insist: No Way White Sheboygan Officer Assaulted Black Man
According to Anon, "a Non-white person cannot be the victim in a white supremacy system. The Black individual is always at fault regardless of who initiated the conflict." This is the same logic used to justify/ignore the genocide of non-whites by whites in places like Iraq and Vietnam. [MORE] In photo, sign refers to "Minorities." Who would that be?
From [HERE] A 37-year-old Black man has accused a white Sheboygan police officer of using excessive force, alleging that officer punched him in the back of the head before arresting him Tuesday night. Sheboygan Police Department officials confirmed Thursday that they’d received a formal complaint from the man, Angelo Merritt, earlier in the day.
Capt. Steve Cobb said that a preliminary review of the alleged incident, which occurred at 1320 Maryland Ave., indicated “that the level of force used by the officers to overcome the resistance of the person arrested was appropriate, and within training and department policy.”
Merritt said he’d gotten into a shouting match with his upstairs neighbor after confronting the neighbor about his barking dog. Merritt, who’s African American, claims the white neighbor pulled out a knife at one point and was making racist comments toward him. A police officer arrived and began questioning both parties about what was going on. At some point the officer allegedly approached Merritt, who claims he’d turned away from the officer when he was struck.
“I went to slip on my shoes, he grabbed me by the arm and and punched me in the head,” Merritt said. “How is that justified? Something isn’t sitting right with me.”
Merritt showed a Sheboygan Press editor a photograph of his head, which was swollen, he said, because of the blow he received from the officer. He also showed an emergency room report from Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, which listed him as having suffered a “head injury.”
Merritt said the incident was witnessed by his wife, kids and a neighbor living across the street. Merritt was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstruction.