LOS ANGELES POLICE - ASSAULT + CHILD ENDANGERMENT: Dawson, a dental assistant, was stopped by police at 65th Street and Broadway after he had picked up his 7-month-old daughter from his grandmothers apartment. Dawsons mother, Linda Washington, told City News Service her son had parked his car in the parking lot of a closed business next to his grandmothers apartment and went to get his daughter. He was strapping his daughter into her car seat when several police came up to him. I noticed when I was backing out some lights came behind me, and I just got out the car to see what was going on. And then some cops tell me to get back in the car, Dawson said. They questioned him about why he had parked at the business, which he had done because there was no street parking, Washington said. The officers told him to stop what he was doing, then grabbed him because they said he wasnt following their instructions quickly enough, she said. Dawson said he was trying to comply with LAPD orders as well as make sure his 7-month-old daughter was safe. Washington said the officers took the baby seat out of the car, prompting her son to snap. When they grabbed me thats when the officer grabbed my baby, snatched her. Thats when I got mad or whatever, Dawson said. Words were exchanged and police dragged him to the ground, and he called for his grandmother to come get his daughter, she said. Everything was like a blur after that, Dawson said. Bodies on top of me, thats about it. And them trying to hogtie me, just tie my feet together and handcuff me. Washington said that he offered to show police his car registration and insurance card. Dawsons father said his son did not have a criminal record or gang affiliations. I kept telling them what was the probable cause for him being stopped. They couldnt tell me anything, all they kept saying was assault on an officer and resisting arrest, Dawsons father Fisher Dawson Jr. said.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 02:55:17 +0000
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