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Texas man seeks $1M after viral photo shows mounted officers leading him by rope

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A Black man in Texas whose arrest garnered national attention after White mounted police officers were seen leading him by rope is now suing the city of Galveston and its police department for $1 million.

Donald Neely, 44, suffers from mental illness and was homeless at the time when he was arrested for criminal trespassing at the Park Board of Galveston on Aug.

3, 2019, the Houston Chronicle reported. Two officers "clipped" a rope to his handcuffs and led him through downtown streets to a mounted patrol staging area, the Galveston Police Department said in a statement shortly after the arrest.

A transport unit wasn’t immediately available at the time. The images shared online of the two White officers leading Neely using a rope tied to his.

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