Whitey Ford
06-24-2020, 05:24 PM
Man paralysed in Taser fall says race made him a target
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A 24-year-old man who was paralysed after being Tasered by police last month has told the BBC he believes he was targeted because he is black.
Jordan Walker-Brown fell from a wall while being pursued by two officers.
A Metropolitan Police officer is under criminal investigation by the police watchdog over the incident in London.
It will examine what role ethnicity played in decisions that day amid concerns about the disproportionate use of Tasers on black men.
He was Tasered by a police officer as he fled and jumped onto a wall in Haringey in north London.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53165938
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A 24-year-old man who was paralysed after being Tasered by police last month has told the BBC he believes he was targeted because he is black.
Jordan Walker-Brown fell from a wall while being pursued by two officers.
A Metropolitan Police officer is under criminal investigation by the police watchdog over the incident in London.
It will examine what role ethnicity played in decisions that day amid concerns about the disproportionate use of Tasers on black men.
He was Tasered by a police officer as he fled and jumped onto a wall in Haringey in north London.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53165938