To: U.S. Supreme Court and President Donald Trump
Supreme Court: Protect Black lives in case # 14-7455
This petition seeks to redress the Missouri police force's everyday harassment of Black people, by bringing to the Supreme Court of the United States a clear case in which officers acted unlawfully. Two Black men, sitting in a park at noon and listening to music, were seized a gun-point, handcuffed, and injured, their property destroyed. Please sign to say that black lives matter.
Why is this important?
To gain the support of U.S. Solicitor General and have U.S. Supreme Court hear case 14-7455: Three white Columbia, Missouri, police officers yelled "Don't move!", "Hands up!" and "It's not worth it!", interrupting the music on a sunny October day as Josh Williams and Phillip Porter were sitting in a city park, preparing to lawfully have a beer. Phillip noticed that the police guns were pointed at their heads just before the police commands were made to these two black men sitting in a car and listening to music, and they slowly raised his hands in surrender. The shouting initially caused Josh to reach for the radio to turn the volume down, until he realized that his imminent execution was possible. The police then forcibly removed the pair, searched and handcuffed them, and after Josh admitted he lawfully had a gun in the glove compartment, he was also told he was "under arrest." The vehicle was completely searched and their beer destroyed. After an hour Josh's gun was returned, and they were released. The lower federal 8th Circuit Courts said not an arrest and no violation of Josh & Phillip's rights, ignoring on-point Supreme Court precedent. See my Huffington Post Blog for more info. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-wyse/how-americas-legal-system_b_6269376.html