In the late 1980s the Tawana Brawley case was national news. She, a 15-year-old African-American, accused six white men, including at least one police officer, of sexually abusing and/or raping her. Despite having the support of some African-American leaders, Al Sharpton being one, Brawley's case was eventually shown to be a hoax.
Today we have another young African-American girl claiming injustice by the police. This one does not seem to be a hoax. Dymond Milburn, age 12 at the time, was in her front yard in Galveston when a van pulled up, three men got out, one shouted, "You're a prostitute. You're coming with me" and proceeded to begin to arrest her. Like any rational being confronted by unknown violent people, Dymond did not go readily; she called for her father as she hung on to a tree. It seems that the three men were members of the Galveston Police Department who were in plainclothes and looking for a white prostitute who lived a couple of blocks away. They did not arrest Milburn that night but she was taken to a hospital for injuries sustained in the incident. Bad enough?
It gets worse. Three weeks later the police go to Milburn's school and in front of her classmates arrest her for assaulting a public servant. Trial is set for February.
It sure sounds as though the cops went off the deep end. For more on this see The Agitator.
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