During TedEx talks, “speakers cover topics from sanitation to technological wizadry to deep policy issues to, well, designing boots for beetles.” Among the speakers to have graced the TedEx stage is Nate Howard, a 23 year old motivational speaker who graduated from USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
Considering his background, it is a given that Howard isn’t a threat to society, but he has been harassed by police on several occasions, and recently, he was physical attacked by police, reports The Free Thought Project.
The problems began after Howard gave the commencement speech at San Jose State University and hosted a gathering afterward. By all accounts, the mood was jovial and celebratory, but once police arrived, things changed. Not understanding why police were at the venue, Howard attempted to ask police if there was a problem and that’s when the officers allegedly reacted with violence:
When Howard approached the police to ask what the problem was they responded with hostility, hitting him with a baton and throwing him to the ground. Howard was then immediately placed into handcuffs and taken into custody, even though he was not charged with any crimes and video evidence clearly shows that he was no threat to the officers.
http://breakingbrown.com/2014/07/motivational-speaker-allegedly-beaten-by-police-for-asking-questions/
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