"The dude that shot those people in Walmart got treated better than me."
Donald Neely, a Black homeless man, was tied to a rope and walked to a police station by mounted officers in Texas in a controversial video. He told Brut why he filed a lawsuit.
Donald Neely, a Black homeless man, was tied to a rope and walked to a police station by mounted officers in Texas in a controversial video. He told Brut why he filed a lawsuit.
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00:00The dude that shot him in the wall, alright, got treated better than me.
00:05He did not get paraded around El Paso, Texas to get arrested.
00:30I'm going to drag you, if not, you have to stay next to me, thank you.
00:56How can I keep up with a horse in the heat of August or something in the summer time?
01:01And the horse has got long, very long legs.
01:04I got to walk three or four steps for a horse one step.
01:08There's no way I can keep up.
01:10The woman's telling me that if I don't keep up, she's going to drag me for no apparent reason.
01:14He has always been respectful to the officers there, and he knows the mental health issue
01:33and how Donald was treated as a man, the whole man, with the mental issues.
01:41Being African American, being homeless, the entire, and all that is Donald Neely.
01:49Every layer of that, I think, was treated poorly.
01:56You have to ask the question, if that were me, would I have been arrested the same way?
02:04A white man, would he have been arrested the same way?
02:09We have to ask those questions.
02:11I would have to say, sadly, very sadly, that if it was me, probably not.
02:21I can't see them tying a rope to my hands with handcuffs and leading me down the street.
02:38I could keep him a wheel cap on.
02:47Perfect.
02:49There you go, Mr. Neely.
02:51I'm trying.
03:01It was the male officer.
03:03It was one of the mounted officers who was the complainant.
03:06Nobody at that building called and complained about Mr. Neely.
03:11It's kind of bad.
03:13I've seen the people on a sprain.
03:15Griffin Galveston on a steady, you know, touring, right?
03:21There they see the humiliation and how they treat people like that.
03:37They will forever be the two officers that marched this black man down the very same market street where slaves were marched for sale.
03:50War to war for Donald Neely!
04:07Say no more, just show the video!
04:09No justice! No peace!
04:11No justice! No peace!
04:21There's nobody in the area that hasn't been used or for arrest.
04:25That was a terrible, terrible example.
04:28I would not ever let Galveston Island City Police Department make an example out of me.
04:35I can make an example out of you.
04:46Ultimately, the last step was I had to file suit.
04:49But the city, Galveston doesn't seem to be interested in settling.
04:54Or didn't seem to be interested in settling prior to me filing suit.
05:06If I have guns and plans, right?
05:09I have to change my own life.
05:11I can't wait around and let other people change my life for me.