Mother: Alabama police beat black 17-year-old son

Source: Associated Press


Updated 2:42 pm, Friday, December 29, 2017

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Parents of an Alabama teenager said Friday that their handcuffed son was severely beaten during a run-in with police and they want answers from authorities about what happened.

The mother of 17-year-old Ulysses Wilkerson posted an image of her son's bruised and swollen face on Facebook and the photo was widely shared on social media. Wilkerson, who is black, was walking behind a downtown business in the city of Troy when he was startled by police on the night of Dec. 23, representatives for the family said in a statement. He ran from the officers and when police caught up to him, they beat him, the family said.

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Police said they used force after Wilkerson reached into his waistband for what they feared might be a weapon, Pike County District Attorney Tom Anderson told CNN . Wilkerson was charged with resisting arrest and obstructing governmental operations, both misdemeanors, city officials said.

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Wilkerson's eye socket was broken in three places and his face was severely swollen, his family said.

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Ulysses Wilkerson

Please see images of this victim at Yahoo images. Too graphic to post in this thread:

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