A recent viral video of a Baltimore Police officer attempting to run down a young man with his car in Park Heights drew immediate condemnation from city and police department officials, but the practice of Baltimore police officers using their cars as weapons is nothing new.
On October 30, a white Baltimore Police officer, Robert A. Parks, was recorded attempting to run down a young Black man at the intersection of Park Heights and Wylie Avenues, driving erratically on the nearby streets in his pursuit before ultimately crashing into a resident’s fence. Parks has been suspended pending an investigation.
“(The officer) told him, ‘Come here,’ for no reason,” Slick Brown, the man who filmed the video, told WBAL. “So, my man said, ‘No,’ so he kept walking, for real. So, he walked through the alley. As soon as he walked into the alley, (the officer) hopped back into the car and started chasing him. Automatic, full speed, trying to hit him and all of that. So, my man started running. He running for his life. He ain’t going to stop, (the officer) was trying to hit him with his car.”…