*Renowned Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill is currently suing the Philadelphia Police Department for harassment. He said an officer (Richard DeCoatsworth) harassed him on June 12.
Recapping the events of the evening, the lawsuit claims Hill was dropping off a friend around 12:30 a.m. on June 12 when the officer and his partner pulled up behind him and motioned him to move. Hill says he told officers he was dropping off a friend and they (the police) drove off without incident.
The suit also claims that after Hill left the scene the officers pulled him over and ordered him to vacate the car.
According to reports, the professor said Officer DeCoatsworth dragged him out of the car by the left arm and searched the vehicle without a warrant. He also says the officer and his partner asked him whether he could afford his vehicle and went through his checkbook.
The lawsuit adds that DeCoatsworth slammed Hill against his vehicle, pushed his fist into Hill’s back and threatened to take him to jail before letting him go without citation or arrest.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, DeCoatsworth is considered a local hero after being shot in the face by a suspect in 2007.
Hill is saying his rights have been violated and is now seeking $1 million in damages.
Officer Richard DeCoatsworth
Philadelphia PD is as bad as NYPD, and LAPD…. The only thing that these cities PD’s understand is the preasure of losing $$ for violating indiviuals civil rights.
Go Get Them Dr. Hill, and make Philly pay throught the ass. Maybe then they will make these rough cops observe the very laws they are suppose to up hold!
And Dr. Hill is no Dr. Gates.
Get em ‘Mont..
You stole my thunder, lol. I was literally going to say that exact same thing!
Definitely, he is not. There won’t be any beer toast here.
Gates (and Obama), are you watching? This is how you handle a cracka cop. You don’t invite the pig over for a round of beer.
But nothing is going to come out of this. It’s his word against a cop. And if he did video tape it, they probably would charge him with some crime. The police dash board camera should capture everything, but how many times have a police dashboard camera been used against him. The camera is always conveniently turned off and no disciplinary action is taken against the cop.
This so called democracy has got to be one of the biggest frauds perpetuated against any group of citizens on this planet. If you take a survey, over 90% of the population believes that citizens should have the right to video tape cops, but yet they can have laws against doing this.