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Wayne Burwell, a respected 34-year-old physical fitness trainer and a black resident of a 97% white area in Vermont, suffers from a blood-sugar-related medical condition which caused him to black out in his own home, apparently triggering a call to the police for a suspected burglary in progress. Two white police officers arrived at the scene, pepper sprayed him, beat him with a nightclub, handcuffed him, and dragged him naked out the door in front of his neighbors. His neighbors tried to tell the police that he was the homeowner and that he has a medical condition, but the police threatened to arrest the neighbors for interfering with police work. Burwell was questioned sitting on the ground outside his home, handcuffed so tight that he needed two stitches on his left wrist. Eventually paramedics arrived, recognized him, and treated him. Vermont State Police says they are investigating the incident. (via resist racism)

Not only was this disgustingly racist and brutal to the man himself, it was significantly negligent to ignore and threaten the neighbors who were doing the right thing.