Marysville cop cites musician for protest of police brutality
MARYSVILLE — Elton Davis opened his mailbox in late June to find a surprise. It was a ticket summoning him to court for violating a city noise ordinance.
Davis, a Navy veteran, was puzzled.
Over the preceding weeks, Davis and his friends had joined in nationwide Black Lives Matter protests in their own way, through music, by playing instruments and loudspeakers every Saturday on the roof of his apartment building near one of Marysville’s busiest intersections, at Grove Street and State Avenue.
Those below have a clear view of a drum kit in front of a wall adorned by flags and posters, with messages such as, “We are still not free.”
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The complainant, it turned out, was an on-duty Marysville police officer.
According to a police report obtained by The Daily Herald through a public records request, Marysville officer David Allen noticed the group June 20, while on the way to a verbal domestic violence report. He diverted from the call, took photos of the musicians from his car and then drove behind the building. He wrote in the report that he didn’t get out to talk due to “safety issues presented in past contacts with the occupants.”
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Safety issues - "Those black people scare the shit out of me."
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