Watch this video of a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy violently arresting a 26-year old.
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A video has gone viral of a man in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (outside of New Orleans) being arrested by a sheriff. The video is worth watching, but for those who can’t watch videos, here’s a recap:
On March 30th, a man called 911 to report Donrell Breaux for cursing. A sheriff’s deputy responded to the call. The deputy asked Breaux for ID, which Breaux said was in the house. When Breaux went to retrieve his identification, the deputy rushed into the house, wrestled Breaux onto the couch and tried to arrest him.
Breaux can be heard repeatedly asking why he was being arrested and what were the charges against him. At one point in the video, the officer seems to say, “I’m going to shoot you in the head.”
Breaux then begs the deputy not to shoot him.
Breaux was later arrested and charged with “battery of a police officer, resisting arrest with violence, and disturbing the peace by using offensive, derisive or annoying words”. He was released on a $6,250 bond. A pretty good wrap-up of this story can be found at NOLA.com.
Unlike other similar stories, this one didn’t end in tragedy. Donrell Breaux’s rights were violated, and he was treated like a criminal with no apparent reason, but he’s still alive. That fact separates him from victims such as Trayvon Martin, but how easily could this have ended in a death? I say pretty easily. Why? Because young black males are still considered scary. When Donrell Breaux went into his house to find his ID, the officer saw that as a threatening move and responded violently. Obviously, the video is only part of the encounter, but nothing about Breaux seems threatening. He repeatedly says he’s scared. The officer’s violent response to Breaux says to me that the officer saw him as a threat.
I don’t know about you, but Donrell Breaux doesn’t seem to be the violent menace that we’re supposed to believe black guys represent. To me, he seems like a guy who doesn’t want to be killed by an armed man who has said that’s exactly what he intends to do.
Editor’s Note: The Youtube version of the video incorrectly states ‘New Orleans’. This occurred in Jefferson Parish.
Video— Eric Banegas/ Facebook
YRichard…there is no shortage of examples like this post.I have been threatened with death and drug planting myself by cops.The only shortage seems to be is of white people who are opened minded enough to understand the consequences of hundreds of years of abuse by a corrupt criminal justice system on a domestic population.There was a group of pycho cops centered in Richmond,Ca- a secret order called The Cowboys,that hunted down and terrified people of color in the SF/EASTBAY region.This led to a landmark case and the feds ordered reforms be put in place.At the borders seperating Alameda,Piedmont and San… Read more »
Richard…hahaha.I can only speak to my experiences,that of my black friends and of my research. My point is, because of the well documented history of conflict between cops/criminal justice system and blacks,there are significant differences in perceptions of them among black males as compared to white males.I have met very few white guys,and,I know plenty,who have been harassed to the degree my black friends have by police.As a result white guys are,in study after study,are far less critical of and do not feel intimidated by police.And yes,I do believe some roid raged,racist cops target black and brown men for intimidation,hoping… Read more »
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Not sure that your premise is correct. Plenty of notice of cops being buttheads regarding white guys.
In other news, Nathan Trapuzanno is still dead.
If it is true that the male part of the identity is just as important as the race part,why don’t more white guys see it that way?Why do so many run screaming like their penis were on fire at the slightest mention that what happens to blackmen is related to their own fates?I have gotten no where making those same comparisons.What happens to the least of us CAN happen to anyone in society.White guys seem to think the privilege afforded there complexion will protect them.
I admit I was exaggerating when I said that the gender was as important as the skin color. It’s probably not right for me to say it’s equally about being male and being black. I just don’t think Zimmerman shoots if it was “Trayvona” Martin walking home. He’s still more likely to shoot a young white guy named Martin than a young black woman named Martin. It’s a shame that white men won’t listen to you when you talk about black men being targeted by police, because even if there’s a war against black men way more intense than the… Read more »
This is about race, but it’s also (maybe just as much) about gender. I think it’s interesting that many people will read this article and think that race is the primary issue or even assume that the author wants us to focus on racial inequality. In reality, the article simply says young black male. The “male” part is just as important a fact as the “black” part. In reality, like with Trayvon Martin, it’s not just about how society treats black people. It’s also about how society treats males. The justice system treated him like a criminal and like he… Read more »
That whole arrest was not even necessary. Donrell and his friends were just on the front porch hanging out. There are other activities and illegal things going on that the sheriffs and deputies need to deal with.
To continue after my XP is quitting ahead of time: IWhen the race hustlers have to make George Zimmerman–half hispanic and blacker than Homer Plessey–into a white guy, it means you’re short of examples. WRT Zimmerman. Among other things everybody knows is the NBC edited the tape of his call to the cops to make him look bad. Get that. Every. Body. Knows. It would be silly for a cop to not accompany a guy into the house, whatever color, due to the probability the guy might retrieve a gun instead of his ID. What happened after that should generate… Read more »
Andrew Branca wrote The Book on self-defense with guns. He covers SYG, which usually only applies if there’s a case which rides on self-defense. You get acquitted or not based on self-defense. Not SYG. That comes later.
By the way, see Roderick Scott’s acquittal after killing Chris Cervini. Justified? Not?
The New Jim Crow…. I read Cose’s “Rage of The Privileged Class”. He should have run it by some of his friends. He wasn’t making the points he thought he was making.
In other news, Chris Lane is still dead.
Careful. Everybody knows about the Martin/Zimmerman case.
In other news, Delbert Bention is still dead.
How many blacks have successfully used Stand Your Ground laws to escape prosecution in Florida compared to whites?
Have you read “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander yet?