Woman Says She Endured 8 Days In Psych Ward Because Cops Didn't Believe BMW Was Hers

Author: Christopher Mathias

The article was about Kamilah Brock who was sent to a mental facility after being pulled over by a New York police officer when she stopped at a light. The police officer approached her and asked why she was driving without her hands on the steering wheel. She answered that she was dancing and then for no specific reason she was taken into custody and transported to the NYPD's 30th Precinct, where she was held for a few hours before being released without being charged with any crime. She said she was told to come back the next day to pick up her car. The next day, instead of being taken to her car she was instead taken to Harlem Hospital, where medical records show she was injected with powerful sedatives. The incident occurred in September of 2014.  After all this occurred she was given a bill of 13,000 that she had to pay for her involuntary stay at the mental ward. Kamilah Brown did nothing to deserve this type of treatment, she had no history of mental illness and she did own the BMW. 

I specifically chose this article to showcase the racial profiling and ingrained racial stereotypes that most police officers have instilled in them. It is infuriating that to this day black people are still considered not good enough, not smart enough, not educated enough to have and possess any sort of wealth and fortune.