Derrick Cooper was in his Compton home, which doubles as a youth academy, when LA County Sheriff's deputies arrived on an attempted burglary call.
Derrick Cooper was in his Compton home, which doubles as a youth academy, early Tuesday morning when LA County Sheriff's deputies arrived on an attempted burglary call.
This building was not burglarized. The door was locked. Cooper points to a hole in the screen door, intended as a mail slot. He says, and home surveillance video suggests, deputies reached in through the slot and unlocked his door."All I could see was the flashlight and the guns being pointed at me," said Cooper, who leads the Compton-based LA City Wildcats nonprofit.
When he learned the people in his home were law enforcement members, he followed every order. He did not know why he was being detained."And they told me no," said Cooper. "Right then I became helpless because my dignity was stolen from me."The LA County Sheriff's Department tells ABC7 its Compton Station is thoroughly reviewing the incident.
At the time, Cooper's surveillance video caught a deputy apologizing, but Cooper feels it isn't enough.He didn't sue then. His attorney now lists some of the charges he's considering. "Definitely the intentional infliction of emotional distress," said Person-Lynn. "There's the battery, the assault, there's the unlawful entry and violation of his 4th amendment rights.""I expect so much more from our law enforcement," said Cooper. "We need them. We want them to do what we need them to do and that's protect us. Not to keep us in fear. And as a Black man in my community, I'm in fear.
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