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William Mason (Police Officer)

William Mason (Police Officer)

William Mason is a Police officer for the Lansing Police department who went viral on Facebook after a video was posted of him strangling and assaulting an African American teenager. [undefined]

Personal Life

Trail of users on the Lansing Police Department Facebook who comment about the incident.

Trail of users on the Lansing Police Department Facebook who comment about the incident.

William lives in the neighborhood of Lansing, Illinois with his family. [666666]

Assault Of Black Teenager

Moments during the time when Mason assaults the innocent teenager.

Moments during the time when Mason assaults the innocent teenager.

On the afternoon of June 24th, 2017, at around 3:45 p.m. on 192nd and Oakwood Avenue, several teenagers had been in a fight and Police officers were dispatched to the area.

[666666] Several police officers had located some of the teenagers and it was around this time that off-duty police officer Mason caught one of them running through his yard.

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Two of the teenagers ran near the front yard of an off-duty police officer who caught one of them.

The other teenager resumed to video record the moments when the off-duty cop help down the black teenager on the floor.

The officer continues to ask the teen where he came from and also claims that he's going to kill him.

The wife of the

police officer also joins in from the front door telling the teens that they need to comply with her husband.

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The police officer also continues to curse at the teen who continues to say he had nothing to do with any fight.

Officer Mason berates him and tells him that they are trespassing in his yard while the teenager filming the situation tries to reason with Mason.

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The video was originally posted by a relative of the teen who was abused by the cop released the video on her Facebook which was later shared by Shaun King. [undefined] [undefined] On Facebook and other social media networks the video has been shared thus far garnering more than 3 million views and also about 45 thousand shares. [undefined]

References

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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comUser on Facebook who takes the side of William Mason.
Jun 27, 2017, 7:12 AM
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Citation Linkfacebook.comFacebookpost of the video on the Facebook page called But That's None Of My Business.
Jun 27, 2017, 6:13 AM
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Citation Linkfacebook.comThe Facebookpage of the person who shared the video which has since gone viral and has been shared by more than 40 thousand people on Facebook.
Jun 27, 2017, 6:14 AM
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Citation Linkvillageoflansing.orgArticle about the village of Lansing which has the salaries of all city workers and official, as well as certain members of the community.This document states that officer William Mason makes about $75k.
Jun 27, 2017, 6:20 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comThe Press release of the incident that occurred with off-duty Mason and the black teenager.
Jun 27, 2017, 7:10 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comFacebook User gives their opinion about Officer Mason attacking the black teen.
Jun 27, 2017, 7:16 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comTrail of users on the Lansing Police Department Facebook who comment about the incident.
Jun 27, 2017, 7:26 AM
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Citation Linkfacebook.comThe Shaun Kingpost on his facebook where he shares the video of assault.
Jun 27, 2017, 7:50 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comMoments during the time when Mason assaults the innocent teenager.
Jun 27, 2017, 7:52 AM
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Citation Linkeveripedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.comThe video of William Mason assaulting the black teenager onto the ground.
Jun 28, 2017, 4:34 AM