Detroit cop 'celebrates Black History Month' by forcing African-American woman to walk home in dange

[Judi Lynn]

28. Video shows Detroit cop mocking black woman walking home in the cold

BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 01/31/19 03:33 PM EST

A Detroit police officer posted a video to social media showing him mocking an African-American woman with racially charged captions after she was made to walk home in the cold.

ABC affiliate WXYZ on Thursday shared the Snapchat video that launched an internal investigation into officer Gary Steele.

Steele on Tuesday night pulled over a young black woman for a traffic stop because she had expired car license tags.

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Steele recorded footage of Moore walking home and shared it on the social media site Snapchat with captions reading “what black girl magic looks like” and “celebrating Black History Month.”

More:
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/427913-detroit-officer-forces-black-woman-to-walk-home-in-the-cold

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Social media post shows Detroit officer making racist comments about African-American pulled over
Posted: 11:06 PM, Jan 30, 2019 Updated: 12:20 PM, Jan 31, 2019

DETROIT (WXYZ) — We're exposing a social media post that has sparked an internal investigation into a Detroit police officer. Comments made in that post are being called racist by a woman pulled over and told to leave her car and walk home in below freezing weather.

Detroit police are calling the behavior of one of their own completely inappropriate and problematic. They're now launching an internal affairs investigation over what took place during a traffic stop.

Take a close look at this video temporarily posted to social media site Snapchat following a Detroit police traffic stop near Joy Road and Stout Tuesday night.

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Notice in the upper left corner of the screen the officer shared his Snapchat name. Detroit police confirm his real name is Gary Steele. The man seen in this public LinkedIn page.

More:
https://www.wxyz.com/news/social-media-post-shows-detroit-officer-making-racist-comments-about-african-american-pulled-over