Carolyn Long

Carl DeLau referred to her as his arch enemy.

And I think that was less because she was some prominent criminal and more that she was a young Black woman who really pushed back and was oftentimes accusing them of targeting her and the people she knew because of their race and that it was unnecessary and that it was really brutal to her and to her friends to be under this constant scrutiny by police.

And, you know, Carl DeLau, he was unapologetic about his job.

He had been tasked to look into illegal gambling.

I remember speaking to him, and he said, you know, we were well-trained, you know, we were aggressive, but we were doing what the community wanted.

We had a lot of wins, meaning there were a number of arrests that they were able to make to show their progress in cracking down on this behavior.

The dynamic between an all-white police force

sort of going after people in these communities who are predominantly Black, was not really of concern to them because they were so certain that what they were doing was right.

It was early afternoon, and Dahlry heard her door knock, and she looked out her second-story window and saw three officers sort of pounding on the door.

And she yelled out the window, you know, what are you doing here?

And they said, you know, we just want to talk to you, Dahlry.

And she said, well, what do you want to talk to me about?

And they refused to tell her.

And she said, well, I'm not going to let you in in my home.

And that if they wanted to speak to her about anything, they would have to produce a warrant which granted them access to her house.

And so after speaking to her attorney, she yelled out the window a second time that she wasn't going to speak to them until they had a warrant.

And then she closed the window and hoped that they would leave.

And his supervisor said, you know, go back and talk to her.

And DeLau said that they needed to get a warrant.

The supervisor said, you know, we'll look into it.