A Texas The resident felt Treated unfairly by local authorities after receiving a ticket to walk on the wrong side of the road.
According to KdfmAkia Townes walked through Madison Boulevard to find his dog on April 9 as they were looking for, two police officers who drove down their two houses on their residence. They threw themselves when they saw her. They approached her and informed her that she was committing a “traffic violation” and will receive a ticket.
“Two police officers detained me,” Akia said in an interview with KDFM. “They came out with their hands on their weapons and then asked me to see my ID.”
“An excessive power of power”
This was a clash for Akia because he had witnessed countless people walking by the road all the time.
In the background, Akia’s husband, Brad Townes, who is white, can be heard repeatedly by saying, “You can’t walk while black on the Bosques” before asking for the number of badges of both law officials.
It Texas transport code Pedestrians in the states have to walk on the left side of the street to face the traffic when there are no sidewalks. Officers to call backup, by KDFM. Since Akia raised her voices, police have requested a backup. Four officers were present, as Groves PD explained that two officers were field training.
“For me it is an excessive power force by trying to look for my dog,” said Akia.
She added, “You could have easily said” hey lady “, and I could have told you what I was trying to do, but then you threatened my husband and threatened me to go to jail.”
The Groves Police Department closes the complaints of racial profiles
The marshal of the city of Groves, Chris Robin, is talking, saying that the department has a zero tolerance for racism and insists that public security is the highest priority.
“We have seen so many minor ordinance violations become something tragic and we do not want this to occur. We want to make a difference to make our community safer,” said Robin.
In response to Backlash, the Groves Police Department shared data showing that since January 2023, eight people have been arrested by the same pedestrian rape. Of these, five were white, two were Asian and one black. Officials say they publish an annual racial profile report as part of their commitment to transparency.
Akia’s civil rights lawyer, Langston Adams, told KFDM and Fox 4 news that he has been in contact with the couple involved in the incident and is falling into the details that surround the stop and quote they received
Groves City Marshal Chris Robin stated that the department does not tolerate racism and emphasized security as their main objective.
“It’s not about whether it was breaching the law,” said Adams. “We think it is the selective application and the racial profile. Why did the husband not get a ticket? He also walked on the wrong side of the road and is white. I think they used it by walking on the wrong side of the road as a pretext to stop -la.”
