Police Pull Black Student Off Collegiate Bus Put Gun to Head

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Police Pull Black Student Off Collegiate Bus Put Gun to Head

Police Put Gun To Black Student’s Head, Lawsuit Says. They Had The Wrong Guy.

Moments after Jaylan Butler stepped off his team’s bus to stretch his legs, Illinois police allegedly forced him to the ground and threatened to blow his “head off.”

Illinois police forced a Black college student to the ground, put a gun to his head and threatened to pull the trigger in a case of mistaken identity, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of the teen last month.

Jaylan Butler, a 19-year-old student at Eastern Illinois University, had been traveling back to campus with the school’s swim team after a competition in South Dakota when the team’s bus pulled over at a rest stop in East Moline, Illinois, on Feb. 24, 2019, around 8 p.m. local time.
He stepped off the bus to stretch his legs and, at his coach’s suggestion, snapped a picture next to a road sign reading “Buckle Up. It’s The Law” for the team’s social media account.

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Moments later, police vehicles with flashing lights suddenly pulled up in front of Butler, according to the lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Illinois on Jan. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield. Officers then allegedly exited the vehicles and aimed their firearms at him.
“Butler has always known that he could be targeted by police officers because he is Black,” the lawsuit begins. “Mr. Butler’s father taught him at a young age how to maximize his chances of surviving an encounter with law enforcement — stop instantly, put your hands up, drop anything you are holding, and drop to your knees.”
So, Butler did just that, according to the complaint.

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