Four African-American parole officers filed a lawsuit against a New York town after being held at gunpoint and detained by local cops last year while on official state business.
Four African-American parole officers have filed a lawsuit against a New York town after being held at gunpoint and detained by local cops while on official state business.
Sstate parole officers, Mario Alexandre, Sheila Penister, Annette Thomas-Prince, and Samuel Washington, said they feared for their lives when Ramapo police and a Suffern cop pointed guns and an assault rifle at them during a stop in April 2014,The Journal News reports.
In a dash cam video of the incident recently obtained by the JN, police cars are seen boxing in the officers’ state vehicle at a busy intersection in Airmont.
One officer is seen speeding up to the scene and blocking traffic before exiting his police SUV and immediately aiming his gun at the vehicle — he is seen using his SUV as cover.
Source: Video shows four black officers held at gunpoint by policeĀ