Ex-U.S. tennis star James Blake slammed to ground as victim of mistaken identity: report
September 9, 2015 6:42 PM
James Blake of the U.S. reacts after losing to Ivo Karlovic of Croatia at the U.S. Open tennis championships …
(Reuters) - Former tennis star James Blake was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and detained for about 15 minutes in New York City on Wednesday before police realized they had the wrong man in an identity theft ring, New York's Daily News reported.
The incident occurred as Blake, formerly the world's fourth-ranked player, was waiting for a car outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel to take him to the U.S. Open, he told the newspaper.
Blake said that after being shoved to the sidewalk, he was detained by five white plainclothes city police officers. But the New York native, who is black, stopped short of calling it racial profiling.
"I don't know if it's as simple as that," the 35-year-old Blake told the News. "To me it's as simple as unnecessary police force, no matter what my race is.
"In my mind there's probably a race factor involved, but no matter what there's no reason for anybody to do that to anybody."
Police said Blake had been mistakenly identified by "a cooperating witness" as being involved in a ring dealing in fraudulently purchased cellphones. They added that allegations of excessive force would be investigated by internal affairs.
"Once Blake was properly identified and found to have no connection to the investigation, he was released from police custody immediately," police said in a statement.
Blake, who had been scheduled to make a corporate appearance for Time-Warner Cable at the U.S. Open tournament in the borough of Queens, suffered a cut to his left elbow and bruises to his left leg.
Blake said he was telling the story to highlight the issue of excessive police force.
"I have resources to get to the bottom of this," he said. "I have a voice. But what about someone who doesn't have those resources and doesn't have a voice?"
(Reporting by Steve Ginsburg in Washington; Editing by Peter Cooney)
So this is how it started, then THIS COMES OUT where if you STILL THINK that We are ANYWHERE NEAR the Criminals that Whites claim, YOU'RE A DUMB-ASS. Because when someone fucks up and takes down the wrong guy, where you then find out that;
Man Targeted in James Blake NYPD Arrest Also Misidentified
Armed with photo, police set up a stakeout outside of the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
New York Police Department officers were armed with a photo of an unidentified black man when they slammed tennis star James Blake to the ground outside of his hotel, according to the New York Daily News.
Turns out, the unnamed man was also innocent, the News writes, stating, “The mystery man’s skin appears to be a shade darker than Blake’s and there is some resemblance” to the retired tennis star. But the man is not considered a suspect, the report says.
The photo, obtained by the News and TMZ Sports, was provided to police by a company that conducted its own probe into a ring of thieves who used stolen credit cards to purchase high-end footwear.
The company found the image online and gave it to police.
(Here you go, any random Blackman will do, we'll just grab an image FROM ONLINE, WHAT COULD IT HURT!?)
Armed with the image, police officers conducted a stakeout Wednesday outside of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. After receiving a tip from a courier delivering the stolen goods and guided by the photo, Officer James Frascatore tackled Blake, police say. The officer has been stripped of his gun and badge while the department conducts an internal investigation of the incident.
So there you have it. James Blake? Wrong Blackman. So what!
Blackman he was confused with, ALSO WRONG BLACKMAN!
How did you get these Blackman as your suspect then?
OH WE GRABBED IT OFF THE INTERNET! YOU KNOW, RANDOMLY!
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Really?
No-no, REALLY?
You lazy FUCKS!
Just fuckin RANDOMLY SNATCHED SOME BLACKMAN'S PHOTO OFF THE FUCKIN INTERNET AND THEN GAVE THE SHIT TO THE FUCKIN NAZI-COPS!?
THAT IS WHY I SAY NAZI-AMERICA! And this is why bigotry is ALIVE AND WELL HERE! Because only some NON-BLACK PERSON, would RANDOMLY GRAB A BLACKMAN'S PICTURE OFF THE INTERNET AND SAY "Yeah, this is what that guy looked like!" and then not give TWO-FUCKS that they KNOW THEY JUST FUCKIN LIED! They don't have THE FAINTEST FUCKIN IDEA WHO THE FUCK THIS IS THEY JUST HANDED A PIC OVER TO THE NAZI-COPS! But you have White People talking about IF BLACK PEOPLE JUST STOP TALKING ABOUT BIGOTRY AND RACE.
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That is AUDACITY, NOT PRIVILEGE. Whomever this is, who turned some Random Internet Blackman's picture over to the Nazi-Cops, THAT IS AUDACITY IN DOING THAT, NOT PRIVILEGE. And whomever these people were, FUCK LAWSUITS. Fuck a lawsuit. They need to be RUN UP ON WITH BASEBALL BATS JUST AS RANDOMLY AS THE SHIT THEY DID! AND BEATEN! So they can SEE WHAT THEY SET THAT BLACKMAN UP FOR WHEN THEY GAVE OUT HIS PICTURE AND THEY KNEW HE HADN'T STOLEN SHIT FROM THEIR ASSES!
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