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Authorities Investigate Video Of Officers Dragging A Paraplegic Black Man Out Of Car

<p>Authorities are reportedly reviewing body cam footage that shows two Dayton&comma; Ohio police officers dragging a paraplegic Black man out of a car he was operating&period; The graphic incident took place on September 30 and began with a traffic stop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Revolt&comma; Clifford Owensby <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;revolt&period;tv&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;7&sol;22714824&sol;ohio-cops-drag-black-disabled-man-out-of-car">turned over his information<&sol;a> to the officers&comma; which led them to past records of drug use&period; At that point&comma; officers ordered him out of the car&period; Clifford refused stating his inability to walk due to being paraplegic&period; If you didn&&num;8217&semi;t know&comma; being paraplegic means you&&num;8217&semi;ve lost muscle function in your lower body&comma; including both legs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One officer then offers to help him out of the vehicle&period; Clifford immediately disagrees with the idea saying &&num;8220&semi;no you&&num;8217&semi;re not&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;you don&&num;8217&semi;t touch me&comma;&&num;8221&semi; while asking for the officers&&num;8217&semi; supervisor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Based on his tone in the video&comma; the same officer seemingly becomes upset&period; He threatens to drag Clifford out of the car&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Here’s the thing&comma; I’m going to pull you out and then I’ll call a white shirt&comma;” the officer responded&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Because you’re getting out of the car&period; That’s not an option&period; You’re getting out this car&comma; so you can cooperate and get out of the car or I will drag you out of the car&period; Do you see your two options here&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shortly afterwards&comma; two officers forcefully yank Clifford out of the car by his arms and locs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;What are y&&num;8217&semi;all doing&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Clifford asks in obvious distress&period; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m a paraplegic bro&comma; you can hurt me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CUxUGuJrt-S&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CUxUGuJrt-S&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; 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another officer throws a sneaker at the car Clifford drove&period; His pants were also lowered to his ankles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Like he warned police&comma; Clifford did allegedly suffer injuries from the interaction&comma; including scrapes and re-injuring his back&period; During handcuffing&comma; an officer pressed his knee into Clifford&&num;8217&semi;s lower back&comma; per body cam footage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dayton Police now say the traffic stop is part of a drug investigation and they’re working with the Professional Standards Bureau&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We ask the public to please be patient while all of the facts are gathered so we may have a clear understanding of what occurred and why in order to make informed decisions and continue to improve services&comma;” Dayton Police said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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