Black man led by rope through Texas street by two white cops on horseback sues for $1m
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dailyrecord.co.ukPhotos of the August 2019 encounter showed Mr Neely being led by the officers on a rope linked to handcuffs - reminiscent of pictures showing slaves in chains.Mr Neely, who was homeless at the time, was sleeping on a footpath when he was arrested for criminal trespass and led around the block to a mounted patrol staging area.
In body-camera video, one officer could be heard twice saying that leading Mr Neely by a rope down city streets would look "bad".The lawsuit accused the city and the department of negligence, and said the officers should have known Mr Neely would consider it offensive to be led on the rope "as though he was a slave"."Neely felt as though he was put on display as slaves once were," the lawsuit stated.Soon after the.
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