Black Princeton Professor Says She Was Handcuffed to Table Over Parking Ticket

[steve2470]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/nyregion/black-princeton-professor-protests-her-parking-ticket-arrest.html



A black Princeton professor is protesting her arrest during a traffic stop last week, saying she was mistreated because of her race by two white police officers who searched her and handcuffed her to a table.

The police chief in Princeton, N.J., however, said the officers had followed department policy in arresting the professor, Imani Perry.

The arrest of Dr. Perry, a professor of African-American studies, and the divergent views of how it was handled have reignited a debate on social media over police tactics and racial profiling.

The arrest came after officers stopped Dr. Perry around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday for driving 67 miles per hour in a 45 m.p.h. zone, Capt. Nicholas K. Sutter, the department chief, said in a telephone interview on Tuesday.

Fucking outrageous and racist!

[Jackie Wilson Said]

2. I read the comment earlier about Dershowitz to be the exact opposite of anti semitism

I read the poster to mean that because both black people and jewish people are discriminated against, if it happened to Dershowitz he too wouldnt garner any outrage for the same bigoted and racist reason this black person isnt.

[steve2470]

3. by randys1's request, I am posting this, slightly edited

my comment about Dershowitz being Jewish and no outrage is because there would be ANTI SEMITISM to him for being Jewish, I was doing the OPPOSITE of what these people accused me of

[pnwmom]

7. The meaning should be obvious to any reasonably careful reader. randys1 didn't deserve this hide.

[steve2470]

8. I agree nt

[The Polack MSgt]

4. Well it seems the chief may have been misquoted...

"The police chief in Princeton, N.J., however, said the officers had followed department policy in arresting the professor, Imani Perry."

Hmmm, that's close but not quite on point. Let me see if I can fix that for him:

The police chief in Princeton, N.J., however, said the officers had followed department policy in arresting an uppity black woman.

Yeah that seems more accurate

[steve2470]

5. yep you nailed it

I seriously doubt they would have handcuffed me, a middle aged white man, to a table. That's something you do if you think the "suspect" is going to run away, which I really doubt she was even remotely contemplating. Furthermore, if you think the suspect is going to run away or be violent, why not go all the way and shackle hands and feet ? I think the explanation is BS.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. I bet she ends up on MHP this weekend

It's a good story. And - this is on on the Horse Country NJ Facebook groups this evening. They brought shame on us when they did this.