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Family Says Police Abuse Systematic
posted (February 15, 2018)

In September of 2014, the police picked up 19-year-old Armani Bailey and instead of taking the young man to the station they drove him to Belizean Beach and nearly drowned him. Bailey survived, but the family reported the officers, and all three were charged. 

Almost five years have gone by since the incident and the family thought they had recovered from the incident until yesterday. Police officers randomly came in and searched his house where both Bailey and his mother reside. They did not find anything but they did manage to break his mother’s brand new dryer during the search. 

Voice of Marie Garbutt - Complainant
"I have this dryer. Police came to search me and his crowd. I am not happy right now because as you can see I am sick and tired of this. The last time they came to my house they broke open my window and came in. Now this time they have my brand new dryer broken and dismantled. I have problems with the SAT crowd because of incidents with my son. They wanted to kill him the last time because we had gone and won it through the tribunal thing that the police have they targeted us for no reason. I am sick and tired of this with the police.”

Garbutt says she is going to file a complaint against the officers for the damage to her property.

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