Crime & Safety
Newton Police Draw Gun On A Former Northeastern Athletic Director
"To roll down on me with guns drawn when I am walking on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon with my wife is uncalled for," Duncan said.
NEWTON (CBS) — Tim Duncan is the former deputy athletic director for Northeastern University. He says he was walking with his wife near his Newton home when four police cars with six officers stopped them. One officer pointed a gun at him and told him to put his hands up. This was five days before the death of George Floyd.
Newton police say Duncan fit the description of Yaliek Allah Barnes, who is wanted for a Boston murder and was thought to be at a house in the area. Officials provided WBZ-TV a report showing detectives captured Barnes four days later in Newton, but did not provide a photo of Barnes.
“It is not ok. It is not ok that just because I’m a tall black man walking one block from his house that I am pulled over to say I fit the profile of a murder suspect just because he was tall,” Duncan said.