By Shantell E. Jamison
A 24-year-old Detroit man died just two blocks away from his father’s church after police officers stopped him, allegedly because his car had tinted windows. Anthony D. Clark Reed’s father, Pastor Kevin Clark, is demanding answers.
“I am devastated,” Clark said according to Voice of Detroit. “In a short time I have to bury my only son. This was definitely racial profiling. My son is 6’2? tall, and was driving a new Dodge Charger, right around the corner from my church. My son died on W. Vernor at the hands of the Detroit police.”
Clark said he spoke with a witness who saw six police cars at the scene after his son’s body had been taken away. All of the doors and the car’s trunk were open, suggesting that a search of the vehicle took place.
Clark said Detroit Police Department Lt. Mills contacted him two days after his son’s death to read him the police report. He has yet to receive a written copy. Clark also does not know the names of the officers involved.
“They said they pulled him over because it looked like he was doing something under his seat,” Clark said. “I asked, don’t you realize he was probably looking for his inhaler because he has asthma? The first thing he said was ‘I can’t breathe.’ They yanked him out of the car, shortened his breath more, and increased his heart rate. That’s why he died.”
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