Latest News USA Today: South Suburban Father Says Police Treated Him Like Suspect As He Tried To Help 13-Year-Old Son
A south suburban father identified as Keith Powell, has disclosed how police officers treated him like a suspect as he raced to find his son, who had called home saying he was being chased this past weekend. Cellphone video shows Powell surrounded by Homewood police officers in the street amid the sound of evening cicadas.
Powell’s wife Sonya Powell, said of the incident, “You would have thought that my husband and my son were the perpetrators.”
Meanwhile, the high schoolers who allegedly threatened the Powells’ son were left standing alone.
Further, the teens that the Powells’ son said were chasing him were white, while the Powells are African-American.
“Had that been a group of black teenagers chasing a one Caucasian child, what would have been the due process?” Sonya Powell added.
Mrs. Powell said even more appalling was that Homewood police never filed a report or took down the other boys’ names when she called to follow up.
“Just as you question the one side, you make sure you do the same amount of questioning for the others,” she said.
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