4mysquad:Brooklyn Woman Says Cop Called Her Homophobic Slurs And Choked HerStephanie Dorceant, a 29-
4mysquad:Brooklyn Woman Says Cop Called Her Homophobic Slurs And Choked HerStephanie Dorceant, a 29-year-old barista and aspiring filmmaker, was walking home early on Saturday morning with her girlfriend, Nandi Allman, when a man bumped into her. It was around 2 a.m. and a cab had just dropped them off a few blocks from the apartment they share in Flatlands, following an Afro Punk Festival battle of the bands in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Dorceant said she asked the man, 6 feet tall, 200-pounds, if he was okay, and he responded, “mind your own business, you fucking dyke.”He continued to curse Dorceant; she told him not to talk to her that way; and he proceeded to beat and choke her, according to her account. “Call the cops! Call the cops!” he yelled out to the cab driver, who was still at the curb, frozen in place. He then slammed Dorceant to the ground and placed his hands around her neck, as Allman desperately tried to pull her away, according to the couple… /read full story here/“The crazy thing is my friends and I have talked about police brutality, hate crimes, and I never thought for one second that would be me,” she said. “This whole ordeal has been really surreal for me. I feel like one day I’m going to just wake up.”Being black and gay, you’re in great danger facing a cop. Those bastards, perhaps the most intolerant people in America. Not only have they got a great power to do anything they want, so they also have the assurance that nobody can punish them. Our law enforcement system is a bullshit, a mockery of justice. I dunno how to act in such a situation. In fact, Stephanie was totally defenseless in front of that motherfucker …#NYPD #PoliceBrutality #Cops #StayWoke -- source link