Cops Force Black Men To Sing & “Dance Like A Chimp”

Cops in an affluent Detroit suburb allegedly humiliated black men, recorded the acts and passed the videos among friends and relatives, according to reports.The footage, posted by the news blog Motor City Muckraker, was reportedly shot by officers who ordered men to sing or “dance like a chimp.” “Go ahead, do your song,” a man identified as Grosse Pointe Park police Officer Mike Njam says in one video. The police department is now investigating the videos and a photo obtained through a confidential source by the blog. “The department has begun an internal investigation of this matter,” police wrote in an email. “The Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Department does not tolerate unprofessional conduct by its officers when interacting with any citizen they may come in contact with.” A photo, also attributed to Njam, shows a black man riding in the back of a trailer. A caption below reads, “Got to love the coloreds.” A second video shows a black man making animal sounds, reportedly after he was forced to do so by a Grosse Pointe, Mich., police officer.The author of the Muckraker story, former Detroit Free Press reporter Steve Neavling, claims he posted only a small sampling of the videos. “Because of the humiliating nature of some of the videos, we aren’t publishing most of them,” he wrote. The police department didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment . Less than four square miles, Grosse Pointe is a sharp contrast to the infamous blight of the Detroit neighborhoods that are populated primarily by poor black residents. The lakefront suburb is 85% white and 57% of households earn more than $75,000 annually, according to the 2010 Census. Neavling has promised to release more “racist videos” in the coming days.