Derrick Cooper describes the humiliation he felt when he was detained by LASD. Cooper was never charged, adding confusion to why deputies even went after him in the first place.
and – with weapons drawn – went through the front office and entered the back apartment and woke Cooper up."I was woken up by a flashlight. It's about a little bit after 4 a.m. and flashlight and guns pointing at me, saying, ‘Show me your hands. L.A. County sheriffs,'" Cooper said. "So I raised my hand up and I says, I am unarmed. Please do not shoot me."
"I said 'I don't have on any underwear. Can I put on something?' He said, ‘No.’ Walk towards me. I said, 'I'm complying.' And I walked towards him and he turned around and put me in handcuffs. Guards are drawn on me. I'm being handcuffed. You're walking me out naked from the waist down. Who does that?" he recalled.
"It's all over," Blacknell said, pointing to the clothes in the apartment. "They could have got a towel, apron, a pair of shorts, anything to allow him just be able to cover his body."Turns out, according to the Compton youth academy founder, deputies were responding to the wrong building.
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