A black man walking home from work was stopped and then frisked by an Alabama police officer after the cop told him he “didn’t like the way he was walking.”
According to Deonte Lynn, he walking from his job at a Subway store in Pleasant Grove, to a nearby shopping center to return a Redbox movie when the police officer stopped him twice by the road.
In YouTube comments, Lynn explained, “I wasn’t walking on the wrong side of the street I was walking normal across a red light intersection. he was sitting at red light and once it turned green he came and pulled up on me and told me to get across the road. I said ok n kept it moving, then like 1 min later he pulls up on me again but this time gets out his car. so yea pretty much no reason he just really wanted to mess with me. I guess he was bored.”
I don’t think people understand how much people of color face harassment on a daily basis. I mean, this cop detained the guy for half an hour! Moreover he threatened to jail him. Really?! That’s freaking illegal! The fact that the victim did nothing wrong is as clear as a bell. He was just walking there, minding his own business. Is anyone gonna tell me that he provoked the police officer? I hope not because it’s evidently not so. Hopefully Lynn will sue the cop for false arrest because he deserves it!
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