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Malraiders

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40. An interview with the Black man is a bit different than what the 911 caller
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 02:33 PM
Dec 2014

had to say,

It also shows that the cops see all info given by a 911 caller as gospel and truth.
From:

http://theantimedia.org/walking-with-his-hands-in-his-pockets/



“The Deputy did not detain or pat down the individual and considering the nature of the call responded in a very restrained and professional manner.”

In the video, the officer’s cruiser can be seen on the road with its lights on, which, when asked by the Pontiac Tribune, McKean said that he believed this amounted to an involuntary stop, one that would not allow for him to keep walking freely.

While “probable cause” is required for an arrest, only a “reasonable suspicion” is required for a brief detention.

What police apparently fail to recognize is that having hands in your pockets is an alarmingly low standard for reasonable suspicion. And if Brandon McKean was not being detained, he certainly did not believe he was free to continue on his way.

How did they respond? What's your take on how they responded? Scuba Dec 2014 #1
Seeing the whole clip and not just a partial clip TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #5
How would a Texas LEO have handled that? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #2
Have no idea TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #10
how about LAPD? or Portland LEO? snooper2 Dec 2014 #22
n/t JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #25
By stopping by, engaging the citizen in conversation, then moving on. randome Dec 2014 #3
Exactly. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #20
I think get what you are saying. Kingofalldems Dec 2014 #4
I am not beating around the bush TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #7
A good start would be forcing police officers JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #11
Agree with that. TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #14
As you said upthread - you aren't black JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #28
Exactly. HappyMe Dec 2014 #21
I'm white and was questioned for about 20 minutes by cops for a similar issue mythology Dec 2014 #38
I don't understand what she is saying . . . JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #8
even then marym625 Dec 2014 #17
Having watched the guy walking home marym625 Dec 2014 #6
No, I don't have a "kink" TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #9
That's too bad marym625 Dec 2014 #13
See link in post 6 TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #16
"Kink is using a feather: perversion is using the entire chicken." riqster Dec 2014 #35
Match.com is a more appropriate venue for that question! msanthrope Dec 2014 #19
hehe TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #23
I won't comment marym625 Dec 2014 #26
You mean JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #27
You know me so well marym625 Dec 2014 #31
The deputy did exactly what he should've done. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #12
No 911 recording marym625 Dec 2014 #33
The recording was on CNN. TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #36
I found it marym625 Dec 2014 #37
I've been known to do the exact same thing myself... MrScorpio Dec 2014 #15
except he said marym625 Dec 2014 #18
Add it to the List of Innocent Things. HappyMe Dec 2014 #24
OMFD that's hilarious! marym625 Dec 2014 #30
Almost sounds like the movie Minority Report, except there was no crime that was being still_one Dec 2014 #29
There must be more to the story. I bet he had a bag of Skittles. yellowcanine Dec 2014 #32
Since the issue is that the police hassled this guy for no reason, maybe the proper hughee99 Dec 2014 #34
Probably 20-30% of the calls for service when I was a deputy were that kind of BS Lee-Lee Dec 2014 #39
An interview with the Black man is a bit different than what the 911 caller Malraiders Dec 2014 #40
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