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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Black council member protested Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Police urinated on his property to retal
Source: Washington Post
A Black council member protested Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Police urinated on his property to retaliate, he says.
By Andrea Salcedo
May 18, 2021 at 6:50 a.m. EDT
Last month, Elizabeth City, N.C., council member Gabriel Adkins held back tears as he delivered a speech to his colleagues hours after police fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr., saying that he feared he might be next.
As a Black man sitting here tonight, Im afraid. Im afraid that I may be the next one, you know, Adkins said, alluding to Brown, a 42-year-old Black man whose attorneys have said was unarmed when police shot him outside his home.
Now, after joining protesters demanding that video of the shooting be released, he claims police are targeting him. Twice last week, Adkins said, surveillance video at a funeral home he owns showed a police officer in uniform urinating on his property.
Im completely furious that any member of the sheriff department would think these acts are acceptable, Adkins told The Washington Post in an email. This is a funeral home. A place where we house familys loved ones. I have lost all trust and respect for our sheriff department.
Adkins posted a video of the incident on Facebook. The news was first reported by the Raleigh News & Observer.
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By Andrea Salcedo
May 18, 2021 at 6:50 a.m. EDT
Last month, Elizabeth City, N.C., council member Gabriel Adkins held back tears as he delivered a speech to his colleagues hours after police fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr., saying that he feared he might be next.
As a Black man sitting here tonight, Im afraid. Im afraid that I may be the next one, you know, Adkins said, alluding to Brown, a 42-year-old Black man whose attorneys have said was unarmed when police shot him outside his home.
Now, after joining protesters demanding that video of the shooting be released, he claims police are targeting him. Twice last week, Adkins said, surveillance video at a funeral home he owns showed a police officer in uniform urinating on his property.
Im completely furious that any member of the sheriff department would think these acts are acceptable, Adkins told The Washington Post in an email. This is a funeral home. A place where we house familys loved ones. I have lost all trust and respect for our sheriff department.
Adkins posted a video of the incident on Facebook. The news was first reported by the Raleigh News & Observer.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/18/gabriel-adkins-police-urinating-property/
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A Black council member protested Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Police urinated on his property to retal (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2021
OP
Shut down that Sheriffs department until the those that did it confess and
multigraincracker
May 2021
#7
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,431 posts)1. ACAB.
cyndensco
(1,697 posts)4. I'll add FTB
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)2. Video:
stillcool
(32,626 posts)3. I'm out of words.
nykym
(3,063 posts)5. Public Urination is a
crime.
aeromanKC
(3,327 posts)6. and subject to the sex offender registry.
intheflow
(28,501 posts)8. What I came to say! n/t
multigraincracker
(32,715 posts)7. Shut down that Sheriffs department until the those that did it confess and
stop all pay checks until then.
HOW to get results.
The blue line gets crossed when you bring in pay checks.