(Reuters) – A Black paraplegic man has accused the Dayton, Ohio Police Division of racially profiling him and of brutality after officers stopped his automotive and dragged him out by his hair onto the street after listening to the person couldn’t use his legs.

Over the weekend, Clifford Owensby, 39, mentioned he had filed a criticism by way of the civil rights group the NAACP with the police division over the arrest on suspicion of a medicine crime, which passed off on Sept. 30.

“They dragged me like a canine, like trash,” Owensby mentioned at a information convention on Sunday, calling the remedy inhumane and saying he had finished nothing fallacious. “It was complete humiliation, it was hatred at its purest vogue.”

On Friday, Dayton police launched a press release and body-worn digital camera video recorded by an arresting officer, saying the division had been working to enhance “group and police relations” since June 2020, when protests stuffed cities world wide in outrage over George Floyd, a Black man, being killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis.

Within the assertion, Dayton police mentioned officers had been observing a “suspected drug home” and stopped Owensby after seeing him depart from the home in his automotive.

The video exhibits Owensby explaining the 3-year-old boy within the again is his son earlier than handing over his identification, which police mentioned revealed he had been convicted of illegally possessing medication and weapons. The officer tells him he has to get out of the automotive so it may be checked by a drug-sniffing police canine.

“I can not step out the automotive, sir, I am a paraplegic,” Owensby says within the video.

“Nicely, I am going that can assist you get out,” the officer says.

“I do not assume that is going to occur, sir,” Owensby replies, asking to talk to a police supervisor. The boys argue, with Owensby saying “there might be a lawsuit” if police lay fingers on him; he calls somebody on his telephone, telling them to return to the scene and file the unfolding episode.

The officer turns into exasperated: “You possibly can cooperate and get out of the automotive or I can drag you out of the automotive: do you see your two choices right here?”

One officer pulls Owensby out by his hair. Owensby screams for assist as officers handcuff him inclined on the street. He’s dragged away down the street together with his pants falling down round his ankles, revealing his underwear.

A bag containing $22,450 in money was present in Owensby’s automotive, which the sniffer canine indicated had been close to unlawful medication, Dayton police mentioned in its assertion. It mentioned it was investigating the episode.

Owensby advised reporters he was returning cable TV containers to the cable firm from a property he manages. He mentioned the cash was financial savings, that no medication or weapons had been present in his car, and he was not charged with any drug-related crime. Native media mentioned he was charged with resisting arrest.

Dayton police didn’t reply to questions.

“This can be a complete disregard for human life,” Derrick Ahead, president of the NAACP’s Dayton chapter, mentioned at a information convention on Sunday alongside Owensby. Ahead mentioned police didn’t learn Owensby his rights. Owensby mentioned he’s making ready a lawsuit in opposition to the police.