October 12. 2020

Donald Neely being walked through the street after being tied up by police

44-year-old African-American, Donald Neely, has filed a lawsuit against police in Galveston, Texas, who disgracefully tied him up with rope and paraded him through the streets, as in the days of slavery when black people were treated like livestock. Neely, who was homeless, was sleeping in a park and arrested by police for trespassing. Rather than wait for transport, police officers on horses tied him up and walked him through the streets to the police station.

Neely's $1,000,000 lawsuit understandably describes the police's conduct as "extreme and outrageous." The plaintiff's lawsuit states, "Neely felt as though he was put on display as slaves once were." Neely was injured by the cruel and degrading stunt, in conduct that also caused him "distress and humiliation." The incident caused public outrage.

Donald Neely

Galveston police chief, Vernon Hale, apologized for the incident and stated the officers, "Showed poor judgment in this instance and could have waited for a transport unit at the location of arrest." Their behavior is an embarrassment.

This incident occurred due to racism and arrogance. The police saw a homeless black man and thought they could treat him anyway they felt like, wrongly believing nothing would come of it. Slavery was particularly bad in the south, especially in places such as Texas. Therefore, to see remnants of said behavior surface in 2020 is not entirely a surprise, but it is nonetheless vile.

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Black man led by horse-mounted officers while tied to a rope sues police for $1million

13 hours ago - A handcuffed black man who was led through the streets by two horse-mounted officers while tied to a rope has sued police over the incident. Donald Neely, 44, filed a lawsuit last week in Galveston county district court, alleging the officers’ conduct was “extreme and outrageous”, physically injuring Mr Neely and causing him distress and humiliation.

He is seeking $1million (£770,000) from south-east Texas city and its police department. Photos of incident, which took place in August 2019, showed Mr Neely being led by the officers on a rope connected 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 trespassing and led around the block to a mounted patrol staging area...