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MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 11:27 PM Jun 2012

"My name is Zachary King Sr "



My name is Zachary King Sr I was beat by 4 or more officers Sunday after concert for no reason at all, I was walking to my truck when a officer stewert noticed I had a bulge in my shirt, he asked me what it was I put my hands up and said I have a conceal & carry and it’s my gun he then grabbed me by neck screamed “GUN GUN GUN” slammed me against brickwall then 4 or more officer slammed me on my face including officer Bronson and beat the mess outta me for no reason, I’m legal and they arrested me for obstruction of legal process whatever that is? I did nothing wrong they gave me a brealyzer I blew 0’s I didn’t resist and I was profiled and they did this to me so we’re gonna march on fri to police station downtown over 100 ppl. I have a lot of ppl behind me that are not taking this lightly my mom is reverend and a chemical dependecy counselor and her job and church are furious as we’ll as the whole twin cities hip hop community which I am a high ranking member in so this what the march is about we will have firm time and date for Friday tomorrow…

Happened in Mpls, MN….

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"My name is Zachary King Sr " (Original Post) MrScorpio Jun 2012 OP
So where is what his name wayne lapierre. Historic NY Jun 2012 #1
Good question. Good luck to Zach and his community. freshwest Jun 2012 #3
Lawsuit big time! Lint Head Jun 2012 #2
So guns are good only if you are white? SoutherDem Jun 2012 #4
clearly racist cops azureblue Jun 2012 #5
Minneapolis has some of the most racist cops around azurnoir Jun 2012 #6
As someone from Minneapolis geardaddy Jun 2012 #7
during my adult life I lived in Minneapolis for nearly 30 years azurnoir Jun 2012 #9
About ten years ago on New Year's Eve geardaddy Jun 2012 #10
Once I tried to report them to Minneapolis Internal Affairs azurnoir Jun 2012 #11
Here's more on the story. geardaddy Jun 2012 #8
This is amazingly sad. glinda Jun 2012 #12

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
4. So guns are good only if you are white?
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 12:00 AM
Jun 2012

I don't get racial profiling. Just how can in America in 2012 this really be happening?

azureblue

(2,131 posts)
5. clearly racist cops
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 12:02 AM
Jun 2012

Notify the NRA and have them bring their righteous rage upon the cops that beat this law abiding, fully permitted gun owning citizen......... But they won't cause, he's not, you know, white.....

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
6. Minneapolis has some of the most racist cops around
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 01:27 AM
Jun 2012

one of their big har har jokes a few years back was

"what do you call it when a 'Black woman' (I won't use the term they did) has an abortion?

Crime prevention

yup these guys are a class act alright

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
9. during my adult life I lived in Minneapolis for nearly 30 years
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 01:51 PM
Jun 2012

I witnessed at least 4 cop beatings including one downtown where they (at least 6 of them) turned their dogs on a homeless man and stood by and yukked it up while the dogs chewed this poor guy up, oh and in the late '70's a cop payoff that was really creepy it was by MCAD along with a couple more random night stick applied to cuffed suspect type things

It did not take long for me to be as afraid of the cops as I was of criminals

geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
10. About ten years ago on New Year's Eve
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 02:00 PM
Jun 2012

I saw a cop hold a guys face to the frozen ground while he was handcuffed. Any time you start asking them what they're doing the get agressive toward you. I try to avoid cops at all costs here.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
11. Once I tried to report them to Minneapolis Internal Affairs
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 02:21 PM
Jun 2012

they had pulled into the alley behind my house, 6th precinct again and taken a guy who was cuffed out the one of the two squad cars and proceeded to beat him senseless with their night sticks, I tried to call it in to internal affairs I had the license plate numbers and numbers off the roof(s) of the cars guess what they told me, without the officers badge numbers they had no way of knowing which officers were the perps, so are we to believe that Mpls doesn't keep track of which officers have what cars and when?

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