Politician Blames Racism For Being Detained By Cops At Parade
NEW YORK— Brooklyn City Councilman Jumaane Williams who was handcuffed and detained by police officers at the West Indian Labor Day parade, says racism played a factor is his detainment.
Williams was handcuffed and later released after a policemen refused to let him enter a safe-zone near the Brooklyn Museum.
The New York Post reports:
“I believe if we were white elected officials this would not have happened,” said City Councilman Jumaane Williams, (D-Brooklyn), taken into custody with an aide to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.
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