Danon Gale becomes the new Rosa Parks: "Many minority rights activists hail Danon Gale, the man who was mercilessly assaulted by the Police using stun-guns after being falsely accused of not paying for a plate of salad at Chuck and Cheese in Aurora, Colorado, as the new Rosa Parks.

According to corroborated eyewitness reports the police officers badly beat Mr. Gale, 29, and shoved him into a pizza oven before tasering him in the chest while his children, aged three and seven, watched in horror. The police violence started after Mr. Gale refused to bow to police demands to step out of the restaurant after the manager of the restaurant falsely accused him of not paying for a plate of salad. Many witnesses to the incident claim that they saw a member of the staff take the receipt from Mr. Gale. But the staff member late claimed that Mr. Gale had not produced a receipt.

When Mr. Gale decided to stand his ground, the manager called in the police. According to the witnesses, the police only listened to the manager and tried provoked Mr. Gale by shouting racist slurs at him. But when Mr. Gale ignored the provocations, they tried to forcibly evict him from the premises. When Mr. Gale resisted, he was badly beaten, thrown onto the lap of woman sitting nearby, and tasered in front of his frightened children before being dragged away leaving the children alone in the restaurant, witnesses report. The restaurant was packed with children when the incident took place."

(Via PressEsc.)