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Police Officers Dragged A Paraplegic Man Out Of His Car By His Hair And Arms

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The full body cam video can be viewed here.

Owensby informed the officer multiple times that he physically could not step out of the car due to his disability. The officer said he’d help him get out of the car, but Owensby told the cop he didn’t want to be touched. He then asked to speak to a supervisor, but the officer said he’d be removed from the vehicle before that happened.

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Officers pulled Owensby out of the car by his hair and an arm before laying him down and searching him. Bafflingly, they pick him up again by his hair to put him in cuffs before dragging him to a police car.

Police found a bag of cash containing $22,450. Owensby says that the money was his life savings. He ended up receiving citations for failure to restrain a child and for having tinted windows.

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Derrick Foward, President of Dayton Unit NAACP says that a complaint has been filed, from KOCO 5 News:

“A pretextual traffic stop regarding the tint on his window should not have led to a citizen within these United States of America, in the 21st century, to be dragged out of the car like an animal,” Foward said. “The situation was clearly unnecessary, the officer should have been put on … administrative leave immediately until a full investigation ensued.”

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The Dayton Unit NAACP say that the police profiled Owensby before performing an unlawful arrest and an illegal search and seizure, reports Dayton Daily News. They also note that he was not read his Miranda Rights.

The Dayton Fraternal Order of Police defended the officers, saying that they used what they claim was the least amount of force to remove Owensby, reports Dayton 247 Now. The FOP statement also said:

“Sometimes the arrest of noncompliant individuals is not pretty, but it’s a necessary part of law enforcement to maintain public safety, which is one of the fundamental ideologies of our society.”

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Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley called the video very concerning and said that an investigation is underway. As for Owensby, he’s said hopes that the attention to the incident will spark real change.

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The quickest police car isn’t a car, it’s a Ford F-150 pickup truck

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The quickest new police vehicle on the market today is the 2021 Ford F-150 Police Responder pickup truck, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) testing.

In those tests, the F-150 recorded 0-60 mph in 5.9 seconds, and a quarter-mile time of 14.44 seconds at 98.19 mph. To put that in perspective, a Dodge Charger with the 5.7-liter V-8 engine recorded 0-60 mph in 6.5 seconds, and ran the quarter-mile in 14.85 seconds at 99.9 mph.

Michigan State Police tests are typically used as a benchmark for cop cars, but spokesperson Lori Dougovito said the latest report hasn’t publicly released yet. However, Ford claims preliminary results show the F-150 on top.

Those results show 0-60 mph in 5.4 seconds—1.2 seconds quicker than the 2020 F-150, and at least 0.4 second quicker than any other vehicle tested, Ford said in a press release. The F-150 also recorded a 0-100 mph time of 13.1 seconds, which is 3.7 seconds quicker than the outgoing model and 0.8 second quicker than the best competitor, per Ford.

2021 F-150 Police Responder2021 F-150 Police Responder

Michigan State Police testing also confirmed a 120-mph top speed, which is 15 mph faster than before, Ford said.

That brisk acceleration is made possible by a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6, which makes 400 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque, and is coupled to a 10-speed automatic transmission. Standard four-wheel drive includes a torque-on-demand transfer case, albeit without low range. Ford quotes standard towing capacity of 7,000 lb (upgradable to 11,200 lb), and a 2,030-lb payload capacity.

Ford also claims better performance in 32-lap handling tests conducted by the LASD and Michigan State Police. The 2021 F-150 Police Responder shaved 5.8 seconds off the 2020 model’s average lap time in the Michigan test, and 3.6 seconds in the LASD test, according to Ford. The latter test is conducted with 400 lb of payload to simulate cargo.

2021 F-150 Police Responder interior2021 F-150 Police Responder interior

The Police Responder starts life as a 2021 Ford F-150 four-door SuperCrew cab with the FX4 off-road package. It’s built at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri, with deliveries to government fleets scheduled to begin this fall.

This article was originally published by Motor Authority, an editorial partner of ClassicCars.com.