The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil complaint against a former police officer who is accused of violently attacking a Black banking executive outside a diner last year in what officials say was a racially motivated incident.
In November 2023, Mamadou Dembele, a 49-year-old Black man, entered Gilley’s Diner in Portsmouth to pick up a take-out order after spending time in a cigar bar. Inside the restaurant, he came into contact with former Portsmouth Police Officer Aaron Goodwin, 45, his brother, Kevin, 42, and sister-in-law Shannon, 38, all of whom are white.
