Man Stopped By Police For Walking With His Hands In His Pockets
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_wLTmnKP5IAn African-American man, out for a walk on a cold Michigan day, was stopped by police after a caller reported that he looked suspicious because he had his hands in his pockets.
Brandon B. Waxx McKean posted video on his Facebook page showing his encounter with a police officer who briefly detained him on Thanksgiving day while he was out for a stroll.
In the video the officer can be seen radioing in, asking dispatch to close out a contact file, before explaining to McKean that he was stopped because he was “making people nervous.”
“Well, you were making people nervous,” the officer explained as he took out his own cellphone and began filming the encounter.
“By walking by?” McKean asked.
“Yeah they said you had your hands in your pockets,” the officer replied.
“Wow,” McKean said. “Walking by, having your hands in your pockets makes people nervous and call the police when it’s snowing outside?” to which the officer admits, “It is.”
Asked by the officer, “What are you up to today?” McKean replied, “Walking, with my hands in my pockets. Walking.”
“Is it an inconvenience talking to me right now?” the officer asked.
“Hell yes. Just because of the whole police situation going on across the country,” an animated McKean replied. “This is outrageous that you would let somebody tell you ‘Oh, there’s somebody walking down the street with their hands in their pockets.’ There’s ten thousand people in Pontiac right now with their hands in their pockets, so how many —”
The police officer agreed saying, “That’s right, but we do have a lot of robberies, so I’m just checking on you. You’re fine, you’re good.”
McKean pointed out that both he and the officer were both being “respectable” — at which point the officer high-fives him — before adding, “I’m really mad at the situation, whoever called. That’s crazy.”
The officer replied that he had to check it out, adding that he would do the same thing if McKean had called.
McKean can be heard saying, “For sure, but I never called–” as the video ends.
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Nothing new, must've been a reflex, cause I wouldn't have gave no ? hi-5 b
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Jim Crow 2.0
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So our hands should be up the cops wives ? ?
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Thats how dumb and ignorant these cacs are I cant tell you how many suspicious activity calls we recieved from people calin on their own ? neighbors... sitting in their car
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Man that black fear is real, they so scared that we'll overtake them.
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It's "? SEASON"!
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Black_Samson wrote: »Ive lived in this house for 8 years.
Never held a conversation with the white ? across the street from me, ive kicked her kids out my yard dozens of times and when ever her kids say hi to me i tell them "your parents aint never told you not to talk to strangers?"
Last thing i need is one of her entitled kids dying in my pool when im out of town.
Lmao you crazy but ? is appropriate -
Its ? up how this type of ? isn't shocking anymore. Just another day in the life of a black man. I can still remember the first time I got stopped by a cop for looking too suspicious. Its like a ? in a hoody just makes caucasians that much more nervous lol smh.
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Lol at the CraKKKa trying 2 give him daps.Homie shud have cut that piggs arm off
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after a caller reported that he looked suspicious because he had his hands in his pockets.
Why the ? are people calling the cops without sufficient proof of anything wrong being done ? -
would of left that ? hanging like
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after a caller reported that he looked suspicious because he had his hands in his pockets.
Why the ? are people calling the cops without sufficient proof of anything being done wrong?
I'm starting to think that white people are doing it in hopes that it'll result in another black person getting killed.
Just like with that 12yr old who got killed after someone called 911 about him walking around with a fake gun.
If he knew the gun was fake, what was the purpose of calling 911?
They wanna see if they can get black people killed without doing the actual killing themselves and, unfortunately....they can.
That's the only thing that makes sense.
Hard to believe so many white people are "genuinely" that scared of us.
Then again, these are white people, so I suppose it shouldn't be that surprising. -
i like the way dude handled it but I wouldn't have gave that cracka no type of high five. for some reason that ? ? me off
Seems belittling like patting a child on the head or giving fido a scooby snack -
after a caller reported that he looked suspicious because he had his hands in his pockets.
Why the ? are people calling the cops without sufficient proof of anything being done wrong?
Cracka was you born yesterday -
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...I don't understand why any white American feels the need to call police every time a black person surfaces...
Africans didn't enslave, ? and drag white people over onto this soil...Technically every time a black American sees a white person, we should be the ones crossing the streets and running for our lives...I've been a victim of police harassment and haven't once been charged with anything...
Every other day there's new video surfacing of police harassment and no one with power acknowledges the pattern. Instead of letting it happen we need to complain and write letters to the proper sources. Situations like these are disgusting. Got me in titangraph mode. -
Cop : high five
Me : foh B I'm not making any sudden moves towards u -
Bully_Pulpit wrote: »Man that black fear is real, they so scared that we'll overtake them.
That's what TRUE white guilt is. Not all that other ? that conservatives try to accuse liberals of. That's what's been driving their terrorist actions since right after the end of slavery. -
Man, it's about time I pack up and leave this ? debt enslaving, racial profiling country.
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Bully_Pulpit wrote: »Man that black fear is real, they so scared that we'll overtake them.More white people died in the United States last year than were born, a surprising slump coming more than a decade before the Census Bureau says that the ranks of white Americans will likely drop with every passing year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/white-deaths-outnumber-births-for-first-time/2013/06/13/3bb1017c-d388-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html
That's the point of the entertainment industry pushing post-apocalyptic films, games, t.v shows, etc where they are "outnumbered by others" and have to "fight for survival." It reinforces the paranoia we're currently seeing. -
Messed up........
That cop probably was using that ? software recognition junk when he pulled out his phone. I wouldn't even doubt if there was no call that pig just wanted to "check on" that guy walking down the street... -
I thought the hi 5 was going to be a set up for an assault charge
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Messed up........
That cop probably was using that ? software recognition junk when he pulled out his phone. I wouldn't even doubt if there was no call that pig just wanted to "check on" that guy walking down the street...
Probably.We had a remass for my cousin funeral over the summer and some cops show up talking about someone called about a disturbance.? cause no music was being played and we were in a private hall isolated.They just saw blacks standing out front and decided to be nosy. -
I wouldn't even doubt if there was no call that pig just wanted to "check on" that guy walking down the street...
That's exactly what I was thinking...buddy didn't want to look like he was profiling so he was just faking that response on his radio
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