Thread by @DrRJKavanagh

Dayton PD coming up with every reason to justify horrifically brutalizing a human being.

Facts. First, you cannot search a vehicle based on someone's criminal history. That would give police a license to stop and search anyone with a record.

daytondailynews.com/crime/dayton-f…

Second, it means absolutely nothing if a police dog sniffs cash and supposedly detects it has been in the presence of drugs. 90% of US bills have cocaine residue on them. nationalgeographic.com/science/articl…

Third, they claim they saw Mr. Owensby leaving a "known drug house" I guess to bolster their justification for the search.

Really? OK. So they must have seen Mr. Owensby had no use of his legs. This just makes it all so much worse.

Fourth, the biggest tell. They *edited* the bodycam video.

The video is horrendous, but it is also edited. They don't show them pulling Mr. Owensby over or them explaining any reason for the stop.

Fifth, the police department claim all of this is about public safety.

They didn't find *anything* on Mr. Owensby or in his car. They terrorized him and a three-year-child.

And, their whole investigation, according to them, was monitoring a "known drug house." They were trying to catch people buying drugs.

Nothing about the war on drugs is about public safety. It's all about racism, police budgets and mass incarceration.

Spare me the sermon.

PS. This article focuses on the Dayton FOP, but my comments pertain to Dayton PD. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10…