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Teen wants apology after officer pulls gun
Xzavier Brandon, 16, had a gun pointed at him and was handcuffed by a police officer on his way to football practice.
Xzavier Brandon went from a 16-year-old honor student to a felony suspect in a matter of minutes during a walk to school last month.
“A gun was pointed at me and handcuffs were put on me, and that’s everything that’s done to a criminal,” Brandon said in an interview last week.
Exempt from final exams because of good test scores at New Albany High School, Brandon was walking his usual route to preseason football practice on May 28 when a resident of Hilltop Trail Drive thought he looked su ious. A house in the Northeast Side neighborhood had been broken into between 8:30 a.m. and 12:40 p.m., when the homeowner returned and discovered the crime.
About the same time, Mike Eberts, who lives in the neighborhood, saw Brandon walking by and called 911.
“There’s someone walking down the street who might have something to do with this,” he told the Columbus police dispatcher. “It may just be a coincidence that he’s just walking by, but it sure looks su ious to me.” He told the dispatcher he would follow the youth in his car.
Brandon remembered that he had said o to a man he didn’t know as he passed, but he kept walking toward Thompson Road. He had headphones on while listening to his iPod, he said, and it wasn’t until he heard a loud shout, turned around and saw a gun in his face that he realized something was wrong. Officer Leonard Milner told the teen to drop to the ground and then handcuffed him and asked if he had any jewelry in his backpack. Brandon said he didn’t.
As he was on the ground at the side of busy Thompson Road, he tried to turn his face so he wouldn’t be recognized, he said. Brandon, who will be a junior at New Albany in the fall, said he’s active in football, school and volunteering.
“I was a little insulted that anyone in New Albany would think I was a threat,” he said.
He was held until another officer showed up about 15 minutes later and vouched for him. That officer, Sgt. Tyrone Hollis, knew Brandon from his son’s football team and gave him a ride to the high school after he was released.
Because there was no arrest, no report was filed, and that makes both Brandon and his mother, Jo Brandon-Jones, angry.
“Something serious just happened,” he said. “And in my opinion, it was just blown off.”
Brandon-Jones filed an internal-affairs complaint with the Police Division, alleging that Milner used excessive force when he encountered her son. That review likely will take months to complete.
Sgt. Elrico Alli, a police spokesman, said the officer was approaching someone who might have just committed a burglary, a serious crime.
“Whenever we encounter anything that involves a felony, or serious physical harm ... we display our firearms,” Alli said.
Eberts, the neighbor who called police, said this week, “I wasn’t accusing anyone of anything. I simply was encouraging the police to talk with someone in the area.” He wouldn’t elaborate on what he thought was su ious about Brandon.
Brandon, who is black, wonders whether Eberts suspected him of the crime because of his race.
“What other reason would he have to call police on me?” he asked.
The encounter might not have ended safely if he had reached in his pocket to turn off his iPod or hadn’t heard the officer’s commands, he pointed out. “I could have been shot. I could have been killed that day.”
Both mom and son would like an apology from the police officer, an acknowledgement that what Brandon went through was wrong.
“You can’t undo it,” Brandon-Jones said. “But you can make it better.”
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Man who became paralyzed after saving drowning girl dies at 43
By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – Fri, 28 Jun, 2013
Michael Patterson (Facebook)
Michael Patterson, the 43-year-old Georgia man who dived into a creek to save a 4-year-old girl from drowning and became paralyzed from the chest down during the rescue, died after spending three weeks in a hospital, The Associated Press reports.
Patterson's family shared the news on Facebook.
Patterson's bravery left many, including the woman whose daughter he rescued, stunned. "He jumped in head first and after I grabbed her, I looked back and he was floating on top of the water," Carlissa Jones told WSB-TV.com after Patterson's injury, which occurred on June 8.
Jones' daughter, Javea, was able to be resuscitated. Patterson broke his neck during the dive. He also developed respiratory acidosis, pneumonia and a bacterial infection after the injury, according to Fox News. The medical problems that came after the broken neck contributed to his death, Polk County Coroner Trey Litesey told news outlets.
Patterson's bravery was commended across the Web. Comments on the Yahoo News story after his injury reflected the immense respect people had for his actions.
One commenter wrote, "there really are no words to express the character of this man." Another wrote, "now this is what a hero looks like."
On Facebook, where Patterson's friends and family had set up a page to raise funds for his care, there was an outpouring of sympathy.
From the page:
Mike’s spirit and selfless actions inspired tens of thousands who sent cards, letters and emails and engaged in posts at the Friends of Mike Patterson Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Friendsofmikepatterson). His life and the lives of others are forever changed by his courageous, split-second decision to save another’s life. Mike’s tragic story made news headlines around the globe. His heroic act stirred an outpouring of emotion and a desire to help Mike in his time of need. His caring nature will forever be honored.
At this time, funeral or any other arrangements are not known. The Friends of Mike Patterson Trust will post additional information as it becomes available. Please keep Mike's family and friends in your prayers.
Patterson's dive was not the first time that he had demonstrated his bravery. A week before, he and another man had pulled a truck driver from his cab after the truck caught fire.
His mother told WSB-TV that her son didn't see what the big deal was about his part in rescuing the man from the truck fire.
"He said he did what he thought, what he hoped anyone else would have done for him. That's not a very common thing anymore, for anyone to care about someone they don't know," she told theCedartown Standard.
White man died because he had to save a black person
Those damn blacks
what does that have to do with this thread?
Quit ing. That happens to all people everyday.
stop it, no it doesn't. provide a lank or you a lie.
Yep...there was a story on yahoo this weekend about a group of white 19 year old girls that were held at gunpoint by police because they were wrongly accused of buying beer while underage...turns out it was 12 pack of sparkling water...obviously the cops pulled their guns cause the girls were white.
unless you're talking about black people.
Anybody who wears black socks with sandals should he held at gunpoing, imo.
yea i read that story, tragic. the is up with the police?
Lol yuz a trolling wigga. Get the outta here.
So how come you didn't post it here then?
why i gotta be a wigga? blacks don't post on basketball forums????
i just googled it when you mentioned it, feel free to post it in here. we can make this a thread about police wrongly profiling people.
WOOOOW this story sure does dispel the notion that cops profile black people all the time! White people gets killed and or beat up by the cops just as much as black people! Wow! Do you have any stories where black cops storms in a white grandmother's house, call her a slur and shoot the dog? Do you have any stories where a black cop shoots a white kid in handcuffs? Please tell me!
No, because you can't steal Internet from a convenience store. How else would they get it.
okay now that was lame.
Lol....awfully defensive....who said anything about trying to prove anyone wrong? Just wondering why trill doesn't post those stories.
Here's a good one for ya,
Last week, I got pulled over for speeding, the white cop and I started chatting about gyms around the area. He was a really nice guy. I leisurely pulled off down the highway without even a warning....really made my day....LOL.
But since you brought it up....the only reason that trill posts these are to show the injustice brought against blacks....according to you right?
What say you trill, is that the reason?
Wow the story with the white chick is worse because even after the pigs realized their mistakes they STILL arrested her on trumped up charges. ing animals.
Though the one with the black dude is bad too. We all know why that neighbor called the cops. And that cop was wrong for in coming up to that dude yelling with his gun drawn. I'm pretty sure a person with common sense realizes that robbers usually drive cars. They don't rob a place and then stroll around the same neighborhood listening to their ipod. At least they let the guy go I guess.
Pretty sad that cops are so stupid.
Wow, you can have actual conversations with cops that doesn't involve a baton or a gun pointed at you?
Mindblown.
God damn guys I'm sorry i must have missed the point of this thread.
Blacks!!!! Race!!!!!!! White boogey man!!!!!! Muahahahahaha!!!!
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