A Black man in Arizona who called police for help after his 4-year-old daughter was abducted by her mother,who did not have custody, only for the cops to treat him like the criminal, forcing him to the ground and handcuffing him for 30 minutes, filed a lawsuit in federal court earlier this month.
Mesa police said at the time they handcuffed Darnay Cockrell on August 4, 2024, because he had “made comments that spiked concern for officer safety.”
But audio from the body camera video released to local media does not reveal any threatening comments towards the cops.
Instead, the audio depicts a distraught father panicking about his missing daughter, who was abducted by her mother, whom he says was unstable and addicted to drugs…