ScarletWhimsy 2,203 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Glen Grays, a postal worker in Brooklyn, had his delivery route cut short on St. Patrick’s Day when he was handcuffed by four plainclothes police officers and placed in an unmarked car. Cellphone video filmed by a bystander shows Grays in his postal service uniform, holding a package, when the officers approach him. The video doesn’t show what led up to the encounter. The footage was released this week by Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, who said Grays had been “carrying out his normal duties†as a mail carrier when he got out of his truck and “a vehicle passed by him, almost striking him.†“He made comments to the vehicle, as any New Yorker would,†Adams said at a news conference Wednesday. “The occupants of the vehicle stopped, backed up when he was crossing the street delivering the package.†Those occupants were the four plainclothes officers who followed Grays to his delivery stop, according to Adams. The video shows the officers tell Gray to “stop resisting.†They then take him away in handcuffs, leaving his mail truck unattended. Yelling at the unmarked car about driving recklessly “is the only action that Glen did that day that caused those plainclothes officers to stop their vehicle and to show who’s the biggest and the baddest, and place handcuffs on an on-duty postal employee who is delivering the U.S. mail,†Adams said. “If they would do that to Glen, in his postal uniform, they would do it to any other person of color in this community.†Asked about the incident, the New York Police Department said only that “the matter is under internal review.†Mayor Bill de Blasio “will be in close touch†with New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton “about this incident’s investigation and findings,†Monica Klein, the mayor’s deputy press secretary, said in a statement. “We expect all members of NYPD to act professionally and respectfully,†Klein said. Grays, who said he was issued a summons for disorderly conduct, is engaged to a New York police officer he met while on his delivery route, the New York Times reported. “I don’t hate cops,†Grays told the newspaper. Pointing to his fiancee, he said: “I’m marrying one.†source / another article -------------- ...So the plain-clothed police almost run him over, and then just because he yelled at them for doing that, they arrest him. Then they just left his mail truck unattended there. Wonder if they knew that interference with the delivery of mail is a crime. Frankly, this looks like a mix of superiority complex and racial profiling. Either way, they owe this poor man a serious apology. And then he should sue them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddeona Oneul Bame 61,630 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 OML mess!! Like he literally did nothing and they wanna arrest him?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletWhimsy 2,203 Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 OML mess!! Like he literally did nothing and they wanna arrest him?! He did yell at them. For them nearly running him over while he was getting out of his mail truck. But that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotYou 2,024 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 this is such a blatant abuse of power. just insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddeona Oneul Bame 61,630 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 He did yell at them. For them nearly running him over while he was getting out of his mail truck. But that's about it. That's what I mean, like I would yell at them, too, hell!~ Ya boy literally did nothing to warrant an arrest~ SMH TBH~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veroniica 1,267 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 these police officers are horrible!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King 2,091 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Cops with fragile egos are dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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