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| US Police Officer Slamming Indian |
| US Police Officer Slamming Indian Grandfather Acted Without Reason
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-September-2015
13:21:4 PM |
| An Alabama police officer accused of using excessive force against a "no-English" speaking Indian grandfather walking in his son's neighbourhood had no reason to think he may have committed a crime, a US court was told.
"The question should have been: Is there a language barrier?" said Assistant US Attorney Robert Posey on the third day of the trial of former police officer Eric Parker, 26, in a Huntsville, Alabama federal court.
"They had no reason to try to think of a crime he may have committed," said Mr Posey as reported by local news site Al.com.
He was responding Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala regarding how Mr Parker tackled Sureshbhai Patel, 58, who had arrived from India six days earlier, on Feb 6 when he came on the scene in response a suspicious person report.
The judge asked if it was not a requirement for citizenship that an individual learn English. Patel is a permanent resident.
She said the call about a suspicious person and Patel's behavior could be interpreted as indicative of a burglar.
The judge said the prosecution argument uses the language barrier to disregard that he walked away.
"You can't disregard that," she said. Plus, she said it's not necessarily true he committed no crime.
"Can an officer not stop an individual who said 'no English,' who was fleeing from them, because it is a crime to be in the country illegally?" she asked.
Mr Posey said Mr Patel was never "fleeing" and that police had no right "to shake him down
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