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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 91 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Shah Alam had been in the Erie county holding center for the past year, after being arrested by Buffalo police in 2025 on charges of assault, trespassing and possession of a weapon. The arrest stemmed from an incident in which Shah Alam got lost while on a walk and ended up on the porch of a woman’s home. He had been using a curtain rod as a walking stick, according to his attorney. The woman called the police, and when Shah Alam did not follow police commands to drop his curtain rod, they tasered and beat him, his attorney said. He was released on bail, and then transferred to border patrol custody. Border patrol agents then dropped him off at a Tim Hortons about five miles from his home. Neither his attorney nor his family were notified of his release.

Holy shit! Will there be any kind of accountability for this at all?!

charges of assault, trespassing and possession of a weapon.

Sounds bad? Translation: Assault = cops beat him for being disabled/unable to follow instructions; Trespassing = Finding his way to someone's porch after getting lost and needing help; Possession of a "weapon" = holding a curtain rod he was using as a navigation cane.

[–] SpacePanda@mander.xyz 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Ha this is the US cops are immune to prosecution and can do whatever they want. Plus he wasnt white which is helping less and less. Today they will come after me and then tomorrow they come after you.

Its very sad..

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I almost typed "(rhetorical question)" there but I figured it was obvious.

[–] SpacePanda@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I tend to take things literally and you just never know anymore.