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Black residents around the country know abt "attitude arrests"- ofcrs assaulting & arresting unarmed Black citizens b/c they don't like their "tone" or don't like being questioned or challenged. Modern day Black Codes. This #Baltimore ofcr admits he's making an "attitude arrest."
Commr Harrison is to be commended for the arrest of this officer. Officers treating Black residents as non-citizens with no First Amendment rights, with no freedom to assert their rights is part of this culture of unwarranted violent domination that must stop. #Baltimore
.@wjz's @PaulGessler saw the entire video and reports that it shows that when a Neighborhood Services Officer tries to "intervene and de-escalate," Sgt. Newburg rebuffs him saying:
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