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2015-08-05 21:53:34 UTC
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/05/white_alabama_cop_caught_on_tape_discussing_how_hed_cover_up_the_murder_a_black_man_police_had_been_harassing/
White Alabama cop caught on tape discussing how hed cover up the
murder of a black man police had been harassing
"Before the police got here, Id put marks all over my sh*t and make
it like he was trying to f*cking kill me"
SCOTT ERIC KAUFMAN
The Guardians Jon Swaine published a damning article Tuesday about
the measures an Alabama town took to cover up the behavior of a police
officer who threatened to murder a black resident who claimed that he
was being targeted by the police.
Vincent Bias alleged that for the past two years, the Alexander City
Police Department had been engaged in a systematic campaign of
harassment against him, issuing an exorbitant number of traffic
tickets, citations and concocted city code violations.
In 2013, police were called to the home of Bias brother-in-law
because of an unleashed dog. While there, Officer Troy Middlebrooks
confided in Bias brother-in-law who is white that he was tired of
that nigger being released from jail. Bias has multiple drug
convictions and has spent time in prison, and Middlebrooks had
arrested him on possession charges earlier that year.
Somethings going on with that fucking lawyer he knows, and that
fucking judge or something, Middlebrooks can be heard saying on a
secret recording of the conversation made by the brother-in-law. If
Middlebrooks had his druthers, he would fucking kill that
motherfucker with whatever I had in the fucking house.
More significantly, Middlebrooks said that before the police got
here, Id fucking put marks all over my shit and make it look like he
was trying to fucking kill me. I god damn guarantee you. What would it
look like? Self fucking defence. Fuck that piece of shit. Im a lot
different from a lot of these other folks. Ill fucking tell you
whats on my fucking mind.
That motherfucker there needs a goddamn bullet, he added. You
fucking know exactly what Im talking about.
When Alexander City Police Chief Willie Robinson learned of the tape,
he defended his officer, saying he was just talking, he didnt really
mean it. However, he insisted that although Middlebrooks wasnt
terminated, he got disciplined.
City authorities paid Bias a lump sum $35,000 in order to foreclose on
the possibility of any future lawsuit, but they did so without
consulting City Attorney Larkin Radney. We have no record of us
investigating this case, he told the Guardian.
Robinson also denied that Bias was unfairly targeted by his officers
even though in the recorded incident, Bias was cited for an unleashed
dog and an illegal electric connection, despite the fact that both the
dog and the home belonged to his brother-in-law. I dont care if
youve got a record or not, were gonna treat you just as fair,
Robinson insisted. And I expect my people to do that, and if they
dont they have to deal with me.
Listen to the conversation recorded by Bias brother-in-law below via
the Guardian.
White Alabama cop caught on tape discussing how hed cover up the
murder of a black man police had been harassing
"Before the police got here, Id put marks all over my sh*t and make
it like he was trying to f*cking kill me"
SCOTT ERIC KAUFMAN
The Guardians Jon Swaine published a damning article Tuesday about
the measures an Alabama town took to cover up the behavior of a police
officer who threatened to murder a black resident who claimed that he
was being targeted by the police.
Vincent Bias alleged that for the past two years, the Alexander City
Police Department had been engaged in a systematic campaign of
harassment against him, issuing an exorbitant number of traffic
tickets, citations and concocted city code violations.
In 2013, police were called to the home of Bias brother-in-law
because of an unleashed dog. While there, Officer Troy Middlebrooks
confided in Bias brother-in-law who is white that he was tired of
that nigger being released from jail. Bias has multiple drug
convictions and has spent time in prison, and Middlebrooks had
arrested him on possession charges earlier that year.
Somethings going on with that fucking lawyer he knows, and that
fucking judge or something, Middlebrooks can be heard saying on a
secret recording of the conversation made by the brother-in-law. If
Middlebrooks had his druthers, he would fucking kill that
motherfucker with whatever I had in the fucking house.
More significantly, Middlebrooks said that before the police got
here, Id fucking put marks all over my shit and make it look like he
was trying to fucking kill me. I god damn guarantee you. What would it
look like? Self fucking defence. Fuck that piece of shit. Im a lot
different from a lot of these other folks. Ill fucking tell you
whats on my fucking mind.
That motherfucker there needs a goddamn bullet, he added. You
fucking know exactly what Im talking about.
When Alexander City Police Chief Willie Robinson learned of the tape,
he defended his officer, saying he was just talking, he didnt really
mean it. However, he insisted that although Middlebrooks wasnt
terminated, he got disciplined.
City authorities paid Bias a lump sum $35,000 in order to foreclose on
the possibility of any future lawsuit, but they did so without
consulting City Attorney Larkin Radney. We have no record of us
investigating this case, he told the Guardian.
Robinson also denied that Bias was unfairly targeted by his officers
even though in the recorded incident, Bias was cited for an unleashed
dog and an illegal electric connection, despite the fact that both the
dog and the home belonged to his brother-in-law. I dont care if
youve got a record or not, were gonna treat you just as fair,
Robinson insisted. And I expect my people to do that, and if they
dont they have to deal with me.
Listen to the conversation recorded by Bias brother-in-law below via
the Guardian.