Black pastor sues the police who arrested him while watering his neighbors' flowers

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Michael Jennings, the Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor's flowers, has filed a federal lawsuit against the police officers involved in his detainment.

The lawsuit also names the city of Childersburg, which oversees the police department that arrested Jennings, as a defendant.

Jennings, a longtime pastor at Vision of Abundant Life Church in Sylacauga, Ala., is represented by national civil rights attorney, Harry Daniels, and attorneys Bethaney Embry Jones, Joi Travis and Roderick Van Daniels. They hosted a news conference Saturday with the Alabama NAACP to discuss the case.

"I'm here for accountability, and I'm here for justice," Jennings said...


https://www.npr.org/2022/09/10/1121857070/black-pastor-watering-flowers-alabama-lawsuit


In Alabama, watering neighbor's flowers while black is a crime, apparently.

[MerryHolidays]

1. UNBELIEVABLE!

Here's the video. The police did not hesitate to put this poor man in handcuffs.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ghn865ysucav039/Pastor_Jennings_Arrest_HD%20720p_MEDIUM_FR30.mp4?dl=0

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2. "You refused to identify yourself"

"I told you at the beginning I was Pastor Jennings."

"That's not a name, it's a pastor."

Where do they get these people?

[Lucinda]

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