A city mother says police roughed up and pepper sprayed her son for no reason. It is an all too familiar story but this mother says it has been happening over and over again and no matter how many times she reports it, nothing is done. This time she says the police picked up her son, 20 year old Ulide Allen and took him near the Chetumal Bridge to beat on him. We met her outside the Raccoon Street police station and she told us more.
Dorita Muschamp, Mother
"On Saturday night I left my son on Jasmine Street by a shop. By the time I arrived home in about 20 minutes, I got a call from my mom. My son was saying 'mom please come they tried to kill me, please come I can't see'. I ran out without any footwear and went to my mom's home. When I went there I saw my son in just boxers because my mom already took off his clothes to try bathe him and wash off the pepper spray. I asked him what happened, he said three police officers picked him up from off Tibruce Street and took him behind Chetumal Street where they tried to take him out the vehicle. He asked them what's the problem and one of them told him they wanted his soul and they were going to kill him right there. From there they started to pepper spray him in the face and on his whole body. That's when he tried to escape from them, he managed to escape and that was when he tried to find my mom's home. That's when he called me."
Reporter
"Does he know why the police picked him up in the first place? Was he wanted? Was he in any trouble?"
Dorita Muschamp, Mother
"No he's not wanted but this is something that repeatedly happens."
Reporter
"So this is not the first time they targeted your son."
Dorita Muschamp, Mother
"This is not the first time but what happened yesterday was that in the night I had to take my son to the hospital. Yesterday they came back, took him and brought him in to the police station again. For what? I don't know. Now they're trying to say that he's on a PI robbery."
Police say they don't have any details in this case, and neither does the professional standards branch.
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