MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept 21 2010 - Outside the Cambridge Court Apartments off Winchester in Whitehaven, residents are furious.
"They started hitting me with the stick, pepper-sprayed me real bad, they tried to put the handcuffs on my hands," claimed one resident.
Residents complain that not only are their units here in disrepair, their security officers, employed by the Judicial Security Company, are too aggressive and take the law into their own hands.
"They hit a pregnant woman, she's pregnant!" exclaimed a resident.
You don't have to look far to find a Memphis Police report and documentation of the abuse.
According to one report, last Thursday at the gates of the complex 32-year old Kevin Grandberry arrived there to visit a friend. Seconds after pulling up the drive security stopped him, asking for his ID.
"When I reached for my ID I heard one of the security guards officers say 'Hey he's got a gun,'" said Grandberry. "By that time 3 of them pulled their guns and pointed them directly at me, I heard one of them cock, I instantly feared for my life."
Monday afternoon the complex manager claimed she didn't have the details.
"No one has spoken to me about anything, the police have not spoken to me about it, my security to me, and I'm checking that out," she said.
After weapons were drawn, Grandberry said he put his car in reverse and left the complex. But the security guards chased him and pulled him over.
"They snatched me out my car, they flipped me on my head," said Grandberry. "When I got back up he maced me so when he maced me I started running; the big guy that flipped me hit me in the back of my head."
Residents there said that's all too common.
"They come back over here every time they're always beating somebody," claimed one resident. "They're over here every 15 minutes always beating somebody."
After the incident police were called and the 3 guards were arrested. 2 were later released. FOX13 News learned one of the guards, 17-year old Ernest Rice, was charged with not having a security guard registration card and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Residents said there needs to be a change, and that change needs to happen now.
"They just do what they want to do, really they're outlaws."
Source"FOX NEWS MEMPHIS
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