Video suggests cops Lead Handcuffed Melanin man by using a Rope ‘Like a Slave’—Taxpayers to Be Held liable

Last year, an image of two horse-mounted officers employing a rope to guide a handcuffed Melanin person through the streets of Galveston, Texas, enraged the country and was slammed as racist and evoking memories of slavery. it had been so bad that police did something they rarely ever do — issue an apology. But the damage done to the victim, Donald Neely, can't be fixed by contrite cops, he's now suing the Galveston local department for $1 million. A petition filed this month in Galveston County’s district court called the officers’ conduct “extreme and outrageous” and claimed that it caused Neely injury, emotional distress, and pain . “Neely suffered from handcuff abrasions, suffered from the warmth , and suffered from embarrassment, humiliation, and fear as he was led by rope and mounted officers down the town street,” the lawsuit claims. According to the laws...