News The Legend of Bras-Coupé: How police turned a Black man into a villain to save themselves October 1, 2020Daphne Duret, USA TODAYComments Off on The Legend of Bras-Coupé: How police turned a Black man into a villain to save themselves The little-known, slavery-era story of one of the first documented police shootings of an American Black man and why police made him a criminal.