Citizens
air concerns about police brutality
MACON, Ga. (AP) - More than 60 Macon residents expressed
concern over alleged police brutality and racial profiling at a community
meeting with Mayor Robert Reichert.
The event Saturday was prompted by the death of Sammie Davis
Jr. who was shot by Macon Police Officer Clayton Sutton in December at a Macon
supermarket.. Davis was unarmed.
Macon resident Edward Davenport said that prior to Davis'
death, he gave a list of complaints to the mayor concerning officers whose
names had surfaced regarding brutality complaints in the black community."
He claimed the mayor took no action.
A report on macon.com said that a woman alleged her
8-year-old son was handcuffed for tossing pinecones.
The forum was organized by the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People and the U.S. Department of Justice.