Ohio police officers were filmed forcibly pulling a Black man with paraplegia out of his vehicle by his hair and then dragging him to a patrol car during a traffic stop after the man informed them of his inability to exit his vehicle at their command.
Officers stopped Clifford Owensby in a Dayton neighborhood on Sept. 30 after his vehicle was seen leaving a suspected illegal drug house, police said Friday while releasing body camera footage of the afternoon traffic stop.
The police took Owensbys identification and a drug K-9 inspected his vehicle after officers determined that he had a felony drug and weapon history. This inspection required Owensby to exit his vehicle, police said.