LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG ON SACRAMENTO PD
Shocking. Shameful. Unconscionable. Intolerable. These are just a few of the terms used by those in reaction to word that a 12 yearold child was restrained by Sacramento police officers who then placed a white plastic bag over his head and shoulders. Lets review recent events in the City of Sacramento, who many are now referring to as SacraSelma in reference to the civil rights struggles that emanated from Selma, Alabama during the civil rights battles of the turbulent 1960s. First, Sacramento police mysteriously apprehended an unarmed Mr. Daizon Flenaugh, who was detained without any legal basis. He wound up dead within 30 minutes of being detained by sacramento police officers. Next, was the late Mr. Joseph Mann, who was guilty of nothing more than screaming at police officers and throwing a plastic water bottle at them prior to his being gunned down on the streets of Sacramento. Following that was an unarmed Mr. Nandi Cain, Jr. who was beaten by a Sacramento police officer for ostensibly jaywalking
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