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Oct 22 2014 10:46am
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/08/walking-while-black-beverly-hills-arrests

black guy walking to his car gets arrested and held in lockup for about 6 hours while for crimes he never committed because he "fitted the description"

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Within an evening, I was wrongly arrested, locked up, denied a phone call, denied explanation of charges against me, denied ever being read my rights, denied being able to speak to my lawyer for a lengthy time, and denied being told that my car had been impounded…..All because I was mis-indentified as the wrong “tall, bald head, black male,” ... "fitting the description."


only it seems he didn't fit the description at all

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What I don’t get………WHAT I DON”T GET, is, why, during the 45 minutes that they had me on the curb, handcuffed in the sun, before they locked me up and took away my civil rights, that they could not simply review the ATM and bank’s HD video footage to clearly see that the “tall, bald headed, black male”… did not fit MY description.


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Why, at 11:59pm (approximately 6 hours later), was the video footage reviewed only after my request to the Lead Detective for the Beverly Hills Police Department and an FBI Agent to do so, and, after being directly accused by another FBI Special Agent of “…going in and out of the bank several times complaining about the ATM Machine to cause a distraction…” thereby aiding in the armed robbery attempt of a bank that I never heard of, or ever been to; and within 10 minutes……10 MINUTES, my lawyer was told that I was being release because it was clear that it was not me.


luckily this guy was an actor so he got out a lot quicker than most black folks would in his situation

~for those that think this stuff never happens

This post was edited by duffman316 on Oct 22 2014 10:50am
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Oct 22 2014 10:50am
Quote (duffman316 @ Oct 22 2014 12:46pm)
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/08/walking-while-black-beverly-hills-arrests

black guy walking to his car gets arrested and held in lockup for about 6 hours while for crimes he never committed because he "fitted the description"



only it seems he didn't fit the description at all





luckily this guy was an actor so he got out a lot quicker than most black folks would in his situation


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Oct 22 2014 10:53am
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if a cop says "you fit the description" how far can they go with w/e it is they want to do to you? i've no insight into the legal boundaries in this area
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Oct 22 2014 10:54am
If you fit the description for a crime and you're a shady character (heh) you should be detained and questioned.

Do you understand how police work is done?
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Oct 22 2014 11:01am
Quote (IceMage @ 22 Oct 2014 16:57)


This is not a police brutality issue.
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Quote (duffman316 @ Oct 22 2014 12:53pm)
if a cop says "you fit the description" how far can they go with w/e it is they want to do to you? i've no insight into the legal boundaries in this area


you are still required to be read your rights if you are arrested
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Oct 22 2014 11:07am
My friends dad was pulled over, tossed to the ground and cuffed in front of his two daughters becaause they said he matched the description of a bank robber in the area. Even with cold groceries in the back and a time stamped receipt, they took him to jail before they concluded it wasn't him. Turns out he had a mustache and the suspect didn't. They sure got close there.
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Oct 22 2014 11:08am
Quote (bitg_pj @ Oct 22 2014 11:04am)
you are still required to be read your rights if you are arrested


6 hours isn't that long, what is he even whining about?

Police let him go because they're good at their job and found the truth.

They should have held him in until the max limit before having to charge him or strong handed him into admitting to being a criminal.

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6 hours isn't that long, what is he even whining about?

Police let him go because they're good at their job and found the truth.

They should have held him in until the max limit before having to charge him or strong handed him into admitting to being a criminal.


Who pays the impound fee on his car?
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