Donovan Johnson was minutes away from home after leaving work in February 2021 when a white officer who had been chasing the white suspect ran up to Johnson, drew his gun and threw him to the snow-covered ground face first, the lawsuit filed against the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, and three of its officers alleges.
Johnson said in an interview that the incident took such an emotional toll on him that he struggled to manage his daily life to the point that he almost lost his job as a grants administrator for a hospital.tap here to see other videos from our team“I was wrongfully arrested and wrongfully searched just because of the fact that he thought I was the person that he was chasing down,” Johnson said.
“All people should feel safe in their own communities. Mr. Johnson’s rights were violated within view of his home and this is exactly the type of police misconduct that fuels the mistrust between communities of colour and law enforcement,” she said. The white suspect got on his knees, but Johnson stayed standing, the lawsuit says. After that, Johnson says Conroy drew his gun, threw him to the ground and pinned him down with a knee on his neck.
Shit happens eh.
😮 Wow they F**ked up bigtime. Why did they jump the brown dude? Unless there's something that isn't in this article, they really screwed up and everything they did was illegal. They where looking for the white guy! smh Home run lawsuit.
Lol.. if the cops were looking for a black man and pinned this kid down he would cry foul and identify as white. Being as clearly he is mixed race..I'm sure he's been an upstanding citizen.
Oh so close
Burn the city down! We're all racists!! Clown world.
They were looking for peoplekind
Ok...WTF? These cops blind? Or......was the innocent civilian just light skinned?
who cares.
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