On Friday, February 10, a middle-aged white man named Scott Henson was walking his 5-year-old black granddaughter Ty home from an Austin, Texas rollerskating rink when several police cars suddenly surrounded them, and officers aggressively approached Henson demanding he "step away from the child."
In his blog "Grits for Breakfast," retired journalist and self-described "Texas redneck," Scott Henson chronicles not one, but two encounters he's had with his local Texas police (2008 and 2012) where he was stopped and questioned simply for walking down the street holding the hand of Ty, who happens to be black.
Friday's incident occurred during what was supposed to be a pleasant walk home, but Henson said that it turned into a nightmare. Henson describes on his blog how patrol cars came out of nowhere and swarmed around him and his granddaughter.
"As soon as we crossed the street, just two blocks from my house as the crow flies, the police car that just passed us hit its lights and wheeled around, with five others appearing almost immediately, all with lights flashing. The officers got out with tasers drawn demanding I raise my hands and step away from the child. I complied, and they roughly cuffed me, jerking my arms up behind me needlessly. Meanwhile, Ty edged up the hill away from the officers, crying," Henson says. Full story...
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In his blog "Grits for Breakfast," retired journalist and self-described "Texas redneck," Scott Henson chronicles not one, but two encounters he's had with his local Texas police (2008 and 2012) where he was stopped and questioned simply for walking down the street holding the hand of Ty, who happens to be black.
Friday's incident occurred during what was supposed to be a pleasant walk home, but Henson said that it turned into a nightmare. Henson describes on his blog how patrol cars came out of nowhere and swarmed around him and his granddaughter.
"As soon as we crossed the street, just two blocks from my house as the crow flies, the police car that just passed us hit its lights and wheeled around, with five others appearing almost immediately, all with lights flashing. The officers got out with tasers drawn demanding I raise my hands and step away from the child. I complied, and they roughly cuffed me, jerking my arms up behind me needlessly. Meanwhile, Ty edged up the hill away from the officers, crying," Henson says. Full story...
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