Police mistakenly think black teen is home burglar

[brassmonkey]

911 caller: i saw a negro enter a house im in the panic room with the family


FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. (AP) ? Police mistook a black teenager for a burglar and pepper-sprayed him inside the home of his white foster parents.

It was Monday afternoon when 18-year-old DeShawn Currie came home from school and went up to his room. Unknown to him, a neighbor thought they saw something amiss in a neighborhood of mostly modest brick ranch homes that's had a run of crimes lately. Police were called. A possible burglary in progress.

The three officers dispatched to investigate found the side door ajar and walked in, guns drawn.

Barefoot and dressed in a tank-top and shorts, Currie came downstairs and met them in the dining room.

Not knowing if Currie was a burglar, whether he was armed or who else was in the house, an officer barked orders. Currie tried to explain this was his home. They told him to shut up.

"I did everything that they asked," said Currie, who is about 5-foot-8 and 200-pounds. "I was calm and being compliant with them until something happened."

One of the officers noted the faces of three small white children in the family photos on the mantel. Currie is black.

"Where's your picture if you say you live here?" Stacy Tyler, who made Currie her foster child last December, recounts one of the officers as asking. "He (Currie) snapped. And that's when he got loud and yelling."

Officers raked his face with pepper spray.

"Mr. Currie became very volatile, profane and threatened physical violence toward the police officer," police in this Raleigh suburb said Wednesday in a prepared statement. "In an effort to calm Mr. Currie, the police officer asked him several times to have a seat, which he refused. Mr. Currie became increasingly belligerent and profane and the police officer attempted to restrain Mr. Currie with handcuffs to insure the police officer's and Mr. Currie's safety. Mr. Currie then struck the police officer's left arm knocking the handcuffs to the floor."

That's what led to the pepper spray, police said. No charges were filed against Currie.

"The Fuquay-Varina Police Department does not engage in nor does it condone racial profiling. At no time during this event was race a factor," their statement said.

Stacy Tyler said she believes all of the officers involved are white. Police have not said how many officers entered the home, their length of service with the department or their race.

Police Chief Larry Smith, two police captains and a police spokeswoman did not respond to emails from The Associated Press asking what specific instructions Currie did not follow. Police also did not describe what kinds of crimes had been committed in the neighborhood and how recently. Stacy Tyler said a bicycle was stolen out of her home's back yard a couple of weeks ago.

Tyler said she arrived home Monday after picking up her other three children from school, running errands and buying them ice cream to find Currie crying inside an ambulance. He was handcuffed as his face and eyes were doused with water to flush out the pepper.

"That was the part that broke my heart, knowing all the work that my husband and I have put into rebuilding his life and giving him a good and normal teenage life," Tyler said, chatting outside her rented home as a black cat snoozed in a wicker rocking chair on the porch. "You don't get in foster care and not have scars, and he's been in foster care a very long time."

The 29-year-old, stay-at-home mom met Currie during the 18 months she and her husband Rickey lived and worked at the children's home. She said she and Rickey, a 30-year-old construction foreman, decided simultaneously to bring Currie into their home last year.

They moved next door to a black family in a mostly white neighborhood less than three months ago, Stacy said. The neighbor who called the police apologized Tuesday for prompting what could have become a tragedy instead of a sudden heartbreak.

Currie said his eyes still sting and his heart still hurts.

"I'm getting over it and whatever slowly," he said. "But there's still that big emotional part."


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[nico-t]

obsessed much?

[Hentaikid]

This is almost like a skit from Chris Rock.

[seeandsee]

fucking stupid neibourg watch :D

[Phillipmcd1]

Dave Chappelle joke:

"In New York I didn't even call the police. I wanted to, but i couldn't. My crib was too nice. Not that it's too nice, but it's too nice for me. You know how the police are in New York. Soon as I open the door, they'd be like. Ha, he's still here! Open and shut case, Johnson. Apparently this black guy broke in and hung up pictures of his family everywhere. Never seen anything like it."

[Hentaikid]

Originally Posted by Phillipmcd1

Dave Chappelle joke:

"In New York I didn't even call the police. I wanted to, but i couldn't. My crib was too nice. Not that it's too nice, but it's too nice for me. You know how the police are in New York. Soon as I open the door, they'd be like. Ha, he's still here! Open and shut case, Johnson. Apparently this black guy broke in and hung up pictures of his family everywhere. Never seen anything like it."

Ah that's the one I was thinking of, Dave Chapelle, not Chris Rock.

[Best-In-BC]

Start a Militia like a white person would do, lol

[MrTrollkien]

Ok I read the story - 2 things pop out. right away to me. The neighbors have no idea who is living next door to them. So much for Southern hospitality and being neighborly getting to know your neighbors in your community. Second the police statement was no where near an admission of an error - they STILL blame the kid the " Scary black kid made be Pepper spray him" defense the cops used is a classic route. No asking for ID of confirm with a phone call?

[Buff]

I'm sure he was guilty of something.

[Tom_PM]

I wonder why they chose to mention that the sleeping cat was black? Weird story.. luckily they "only" used pepper spray.

[10 Inch Dick]

Can't believe anyone would suspect black teen as a burglar. They usually spend their time in libraries studying for SAT tests. Must be racial profiling

[Buff]

Originally Posted by 10 Inch Dick

Can't believe anyone would suspect black teen as a burglar. They usually spend their time in libraries studying for SAT tests. Must be racial profiling

That pie chart is misleading because it overstates white crime. See, Hispanics are counted as white for purposes of engaging in criminal activity. So that white section is actually "white + hispanic".

[slapass]

Originally Posted by Buff

That pie chart is misleading because it overstates white crime. See, Hispanics are counted as white for purposes of engaging in criminal activity. So that white section is actually "white + hispanic".

It was by race, and hispanics are white.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by slapass

It was by race, and hispanics are white.

LOL Not when the FBI breaks down victims of crime. Then whites and hispanics are separated. It's only when committing crimes is the issue that hispanics get lumped with whites.

And anyway, the point is obvious: if you separate whites from hispanics, whites are committing negligible amounts of violent crime.

[10 Inch Dick]

Originally Posted by Buff

That pie chart is misleading because it overstates white crime. See, Hispanics are counted as white for purposes of engaging in criminal activity. So that white section is actually "white + hispanic".

You had to spoil it?

[10 Inch Dick]

Originally Posted by slapass

It was by race, and hispanics are white.

And 12clicks has secretary

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by Tom_PM

I wonder why they chose to mention that the sleeping cat was black? Weird story.. luckily they "only" used pepper spray.

Sure the cat was sleeping; but it's still a gato negro.

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by Buff

That pie chart is misleading because it overstates white crime. See, Hispanics are counted as white for purposes of engaging in criminal activity. So that white section is actually "white + hispanic".

All the Barack Obamas in the hood laughed out loud about how race is counted.

[Rochard]

What the fuck ever. Someone saw someone enter a house and investigated, end of story.

[nico-t]

by the way, why does the american media focus on race so much? to breed more racist people like brassmonkey?

[John-ACWM]

Originally Posted by seeandsee

fucking stupid neibourg watch :D

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by John-ACWM

[tony286]

Originally Posted by Rochard

What the fuck ever. Someone saw someone enter a house and investigated, end of story.

that would been fine, if they didnt mace him first.

[Matt 26z]

Originally Posted by tony286

that would been fine, if they didnt mace him first.

The guy totally flipped out and wouldn't follow simple police instructions.

Put yourself in that situation. Police walk into your home. What do you do? Remain calm and answer their questions or do you go nuts to the point that you must be physically restrained and sprayed? What this guy did was not normal.

It's too bad that the mistake to call 911 was made, but the police are not to blame. The guy with the explosive temper is to blame.

[tony286]

Originally Posted by Matt 26z

The guy totally flipped out and wouldn't follow simple police instructions.

Put yourself in that situation. Police walk into your home. What do you do? Remain calm and answer their questions or do you go nuts to the point that you must be physically restrained and sprayed? What this guy did was not normal.

It's too bad that the mistake to call 911 was made, but the police are not to blame. The guy with the explosive temper is to blame.

Depends on how they were approaching me. If they were acting like I was guilty for being in my own home. I think I would be losing my shit too. Also we know he was acting angry why because they said so? Cams on all police makes it all very easy.

also sounds like he was fine and then they acted like assholes.

"The three officers dispatched to investigate found the side door ajar and walked in, guns drawn.

Barefoot and dressed in a tank-top and shorts, Currie came downstairs and met them in the dining room.

Not knowing if Currie was a burglar, whether he was armed or who else was in the house, an officer barked orders. Currie tried to explain this was his home. They told him to shut up.

"I did everything that they asked," said Currie, who is about 5-foot-8 and 200-pounds. "I was calm and being compliant with them until something happened."

One of the officers noted the faces of three small white children in the family photos on the mantel. Currie is black.

"Where's your picture if you say you live here?" Stacy Tyler, who made Currie her foster child last December, recounts one of the officers as asking. "He (Currie) snapped. And that's when he got loud and yelling.""

[CamTraffic]

So glad you can copy paste the news! Thanks again for the great threads!

[pornguy]

Originally Posted by Buff

That pie chart is misleading because it overstates white crime. See, Hispanics are counted as white for purposes of engaging in criminal activity. So that white section is actually "white + hispanic".

Some hispanic's are white. Some are indian. Hispanic is NOT a race.

[bagfull]

hispanic ladies got good pussy.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by pornguy

Some hispanic's are white. Some are indian. Hispanic is NOT a race.

Sure, but they get lumped with whites for the purposes of reporting commission of crimes.

[blazin]

Originally Posted by 10 Inch Dick

Can't believe anyone would suspect black teen as a burglar. They usually spend their time in libraries studying for SAT tests. Must be racial profiling

The fact that black people are more likely to be stopped on the street, and incarcerated than white people might make your pie chart meaningless.

[Notorious BLT]

Originally Posted by blazin

The fact that black people are more likely to be stopped on the street,

Is called probable cause. Cuban house niggaz get pulled over in Miami all the time cause hi crime area. They don't want to pull over 70 year old white nana cause no drugs inside.

[PaperstreetWinston]

Originally Posted by Hentaikid

This is almost like a skit from Chris Rock.

or a chapelle show

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by Phillipmcd1

Dave Chappelle joke:

"In New York I didn't even call the police. I wanted to, but i couldn't. My crib was too nice. Not that it's too nice, but it's too nice for me. You know how the police are in New York. Soon as I open the door, they'd be like. Ha, he's still here! Open and shut case, Johnson. Apparently this black guy broke in and hung up pictures of his family everywhere. Never seen anything like it."

I love when black comedians talk about shit like this. I saw this one recently who did a 2 minute bit on how he's scared to have white people seeing him eat a banana.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by Notorious BLT

Is called probable cause. Cuban house niggaz get pulled over in Miami all the time cause hi crime area. They don't want to pull over 70 year old white nana cause no drugs inside.

Hello and goodbye Mr 10 Inch Dick.

[newB]

I think it's terrible that this happened to the kid.

BUT, the cops were responding to a call reporting the break in of a white family's home by a black youth, and found what initially appeared to be just that. The kid got belligerent, assaulted a police officer, and got pepper-sprayed as a result. If he had instead kept his cool and cooperated with sorting it out, that likely would have been the end of it.

While the first impulse is to blame the cops for this, if you read the article dispassionately, it sounds like they were attempting to talk things out up until the assault and threats of physical violence. The cops took non-lethal action to prevent further escalation.

I also think part of the fault must lie with the neighbor, who obviously did not know his new neighbors well enough to know the kid was part of the family. I would be interested in hearing the exact words he used when he made the call.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by blazin

The fact that black people are more likely to be stopped on the street, and incarcerated than white people might make your pie chart meaningless.

guess who made the pie

[tony286]

Originally Posted by newB

I think it's terrible that this happened to the kid.

BUT, the cops were responding to a call reporting the break in of a white family's home by a black youth, and found what initially appeared to be just that. The kid got belligerent, assaulted a police officer, and got pepper-sprayed as a result. If he had instead kept his cool and cooperated with sorting it out, that likely would have been the end of it.

While the first impulse is to blame the cops for this, if you read the article dispassionately, it sounds like they were attempting to talk things out up until the assault and threats of physical violence. The cops took non-lethal action to prevent further escalation.

I also think part of the fault must lie with the neighbor, who obviously did not know his new neighbors well enough to know the kid was part of the family. I would be interested in hearing the exact words he used when he made the call.

If u read the article, he was fine they were acting like dicks and then he lost his shit.

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

guess who made the pie

Typical.

[marlboroack]

Well damn... get to know the people you live around

[12clicks]

Originally Posted by 10 Inch Dick

And 12clicks has secretary

if you had a phone, you could call.