If you are a black and a cop, just remember you are still black.
That supersedes you being a cop in this society. Mr. Hall is going to get paid, but if he wasn’t a cop you wouldn’t have even known about this story.
Here is what happened.
The City of St. Louis will pay $5 million to a Black police officer who was assaulted in 2017 by white officers while working undercover during a protest, according to a settlement agreement obtained by 5 On Your Side.
Officer Luther Hall was working undercover during the protests that followed the acquittal of a police officer who had been charged with the 2011 murder of a Black Man Anthony Lamar Smith.
Hall then continued on to follow some of the demonstrators who were still destroying property. Hall says his path was suddenly blocked by a car and police officers jumped out. Hall says he complied when the cops told him to get on the ground, however the account given by the police officers who were present claims he did not comply.
According to the lawsuit, the officers picked up Hall slammed him to the ground twice.
Footage from the incident shows that Hall was then surrounded by police who began beating him with batons and their fists. Hall says he allowed police to arrest him because he thought one of his coworkers would recognize him.
Hall’s partner, who is White, was also arrested but he was not hit by police.
He also claimed fellow officers tried to cover up the beating, during which Hall — a 22-year veteran of the police force — was kicked in the face, leaving him unable to eat.
He also suffered a tailbone injury and a 2-centimeter laceration above one of his lips. He also had surgery to repair herniated discs in his neck and back, according to the lawsuit.
The crooked cops have been criminally charged and their text messages will likely do them in.
Flip the page to check them and remember who are the real villains when it comes to cops and protests.
