Carolina Public Press–A physical altercation between three UNC-Greensboro Police officers and a man and woman during a Monday traffic stop is drawing criticism from UNCG students and civil rights groups. Video footage of the incident shows officers grabbing and cursing at a man during the arrest and kneeling on top of the woman.
A report of the incident obtained by Carolina Public Press names the man as Quentin Thomas, 24, of Greensboro, and the woman as Alisia Rea, 22, of Charlotte.
Thomas and Rea are both Black. The officers who initially approached Thomas for his vehicle being stopped in a turn lane are Latino, and a third officer who arrived during Thomas’ arrest is white. The UNCG chapter of the NAACP released a statement on the altercation criticizing UNCG Police who they say “brutalized two Black Greensboro residents.”…