A few years ago, an older man was walking down the sidewalk from his son's house to his grandson's house. Someone called into the police that a black man was wandering down the sidewalk looking into garages. Further, he had done the same thing the day before. He was a 57 year old man from India. He had been in the country for one week. He knew little English but enjoyed spending time with his grandson. His real crime, being black.
Well, the police shows up and asks him what he is doing walking down the sidewalk. He tries to point to his house and tell them he is from India and doesn't speak English. As he tries to point toward his son's house, where he lives, they tell him in a language he doesn't understand not to walk off again. Shortly after that, he tries again to point at his house and of course walks toward it pointing. The policeman, Eric Parker, body slams him to the ground. He then tells him to stand up, but being paralyzed of course, the Indian man can't stand up.
Eric Parker, the policeman, was fired. He was charged with assault and has gone to court twice to face these charges. Both time the jury has been hung up, unable to come to a consensus. His defense, the man from India should know how to speak English if he is going to be in America.
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