D.C. Lawyer Chants ‘I Hate Police,’ Is Arrested, Says Officer Used Slur

Aggravated by the recent arrest of Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. for disorderly conduct in Cambridge, Mass., a 33-year-old Washington, D.C., lawyer says he chanted "I hate police" when he passed a group of Washington, D.C., officers on Saturday evening.

In response, attorney Pepin Tuma contends, he himself was handcuffed and arrested for disorderly conduct by an officer who allegedly called him a faggot, reports the Washington Post. He has filed a complaint over the incident, which is being investigated internally by the department.

Police confirmed the investigation but otherwise declined to comment on the incident.

Hat tip: Above the Law.

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