By: Tadi Abedje This is just another recurring instance of police officers abusing unarmed African Americans. The incident took place on May 31, 2019, when a Louisiana state trooper struck a Black man 18 times with a flashlight. The video showing the incident was hidden from the public for over two years. Aaron Larry Bowman was heard saying that he wasn’t resisting at a traffic stop when he was brutalized by officer Jacob Brown. As a result, Bowman suffered a broken jaw, three broken ribs, a broken wrist and a gash on his head which required six stitches, according to the Associated Press. Bowman’s incident came just weeks after police troopers beat up another Black […]
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