Outrage in US as photo shows police leading black man by a rope
Critics demand dismissal of officers involved in 'racist' incident saying Texas police chief's apology was inadequate.
An NAACP official says the police have an obligation to explain the officers' actions to the public [Courtesy: Adrienne Bell/Twitter]
Outrage has erupted across the United States after a photo of two white police officers mounted on horseback walking a handcuffed black man by a rope - recalling the long history of violence, slavery and racism against African Americans during the era of segregation - went viral.
Vernon Hale, the police chief of the US city of Galveston in Texas state, issued an apology following the incident, but his statement drew more criticism for being "weak".
Hale said the black man in the photo, Donald Neely, who was ...