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White Grandfather Detained While Walking With Black Granddaughter


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A crime and politics blogger living in Austin, Texas, claims he was cuffed and detained by police for simply walking home with his five-year-old granddaughter.

The reason this happened, he says, is because he is white and she is black.

Scott Henson, a political consultant who
said he was walking home from a roller skating rink with his 5-year-old granddaughter Ty last Friday night when he was stopped by a female deputy.

The officer told him that there were reports of a white man kidnapping a black girl and he was ordered to step away from Ty as the officer questioned the girl,

"He's my Grandpa!" was Ty's response, according to Henson's blog.

After a few minutes of questioning, Henson and Ty were allowed to walk home. They were just two blocks away when they were stopped by five flashing police cars and a crowd of police.

"The officers got out with tasers drawn demanding I raise my hands and step away from the child,"

Henson complied, but he said the cops handed him roughly, jerking his arms as they cuffed him. The scene caused Ty to edge up the hill away from the officers, crying.

"One of them called out in a comforting tone that they weren't there to hurt her, but another officer blew up any good will that might have garnered by brusquely snatching her up and scuttling her off to the back seat of one of the police cars," Henson said.

The officers kept questioning Ty over and over again, but Henson said they took their sweet time calling the phone numbers he gave them to verify that she was his granddaughter and he had permission to walk her home.

Henson said the police never apologized, even after they released them, though they did explain that they take kidnapping calls very seriously.

Henson, however, recalls that a very similar situation happened back in 2008,

As frightening as it was for Ty, Henson said she was happy about one thing: The police officer questioning her did let her play with the flashlight

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What exactly did they do wrong? They got a report of a girl being kidnapped and acted on it...what they meant to do just take his word that he is grandpa??

Anyway he probably set the whole thing up himself

Reported a white man kidnapping a small black girl an then walked the streets waiting for this 2 happen so he could get some free promo for his blog

Pathetic

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What exactly did they do wrong? They got a report of a girl being kidnapped and acted on it...what they meant to do just take his word that he is grandpa??

Anyway he probably set the whole thing up himself

Reported a white man kidnapping a small black girl an then walked the streets waiting for this 2 happen so he could get some free promo for his blog

Pathetic

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