African-American College Student Allegedly Brutalized By Police For Skateboarding On Wrong Side Of Road

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From ThinkProgress:

Hundreds of people gathered in Los Angeles Wednesday night to protest the apparent police beating of twenty year-old Ronald Weekley Jr., a young black skateboarder who alleges that Los Angeles police used excessive force when they caught him skateboarding on the wrong side of the street.

Weekley, who reportedly emerged from jail this week with a broken cheek bone, broken nose, and concussion, said that the experience was terrifying, and he thought the LA police might kill him:

“I thought I was going to die,” Weekley told Reuters during the protest on Wednesday. “The only thing going through my mind was that I was going to die on my front porch in front of my family and friends.”

Watch cellphone video of the alleged beating:

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  • TiMTPost

    This shit makes me sick and make me say…
     
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M8vei3L0L8

    •  @TiMTPost Amazing this story got virtually zero coverage by mainstream media.  Dire times in America.

  • KayWhitlock

    Perpetual open season on people of color. 

    •  @KayWhitlock Incredible isn’t it? And not one mention of it in the MM news.  

  • Richard Lyon

    I’m sure they can find room on the court docket in Simi Valley.