The American Civil Liberties of Kansas is asking for a state investigation into why police detained a black man while he was moving into his own home.
Karle Robinson, 61, was moving into his Tonganoxie, Kansas home back in 2018 when he was detained at gunpoint and handcuffed by police who were checking to see if he lived at the property.
Robinson, a Marine vet, claims he was prevented from filing a racial bias complaint with the Tonganoxie Police Department. The ACLU submitted the letter to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Thursday.
“Each of these incidents would be concerning had they been alleged independently,” the ACLU of Kansas said in a statement Thursday. “Together, they suggest a pervasive culture of racial bias and systemic process failure within the Tonganoxie Police Department.”
Back in October, Robinson told the Kansas City Star that because he is African-American, "you’re guilty until proven innocent."
“They’re thinking I’m stealing,” he continued. “I’ve been hearing this for 40 years — getting pulled over, being searched. I’m not going to let this go.”
