Denver barber seeks retribution over arrest of 'riding while black'

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  • Опубліковано 13 січ 2019
  • He was just trying to get to work when officers pegged him -- the only black man on the light rail train -- as the suspect who unlawfully fired a gun in a church kitchen.

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  • @sketch6995
    @sketch6995 5 років тому +153

    Good on him. Once they saw his ID, he should have been released immediately. I stead the cops thought he was an easy mark, they weren't gonna let this black man get away with being innocent. Hope he wins a fat stack.

  • @truth4078
    @truth4078 5 років тому +149

    2 things cops say "I feared for my life" & "why are you breathing ? many of you will understand this message OTHERS won't

    • @stephanieduncan9143
      @stephanieduncan9143 5 років тому +4

      🗣️ EXACTLY ✊🏾

    • @dav090807
      @dav090807 4 роки тому +2

      😬

    • @richardcurb7870
      @richardcurb7870 4 роки тому +4

      And also cops always will you yell at you
      " do not resist ,do not resist" so it gives the impression that you are uncooperative

    • @CK-wb8mi
      @CK-wb8mi 4 роки тому +2

      heartbreaking but true

    • @NH83589
      @NH83589 4 роки тому +1

      Crazy how the breathing statement is still valid right now. So sad

  • @rohanlawrence8188
    @rohanlawrence8188 4 роки тому +125

    Honest mistake is when you had no discription, id, loction. That was an "on purpose".

    • @ancienthippyrebel7202
      @ancienthippyrebel7202 4 роки тому +2

      For sure.

    • @isair81
      @isair81 3 роки тому +5

      They had the name of the actual suspect, but they figured.. we've got this guy detained already, so let's just hold him and see if we can't pin something else on him, y'know.. for reasons.

    • @bigmic1972
      @bigmic1972 3 роки тому +1

      Facts Check out This song and video by JONAH'S RUN should be an anthem. It highlights the injustice that blacks face in this country!
      ua-cam.com/video/K9sbDK88b3M/v-deo.html

    • @TheDesciple30
      @TheDesciple30 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly

  • @weltonvillegal6258
    @weltonvillegal6258 5 років тому +140

    He fit the description. Clothed, black and breathing.

    • @dwainmcwilliams2043
      @dwainmcwilliams2043 4 роки тому +12

      3 ft to 9 ft tall, weighing 45 to 1000 lbs, baby faced with full beard sideburns and goatee, bald headed with close cropped fade braided Afro in Dreadlocks. Wearing exactly what he was wearing and had two arms. Could be male or female, possibly both. Oh and that skin hue, light mocha to deep purple. Yeah, he the one, get him boys. Worthless POSs in costumes with a badge and a freaking gun, without that crap, they would never approach.

    • @ancienthippyrebel7202
      @ancienthippyrebel7202 4 роки тому +4

      @@dwainmcwilliams2043 Accurate description.

    • @rd4454
      @rd4454 4 роки тому +4

      Dwain McWilliams I’m shocked cops ain’t waiting outside the delivery room for a black child to be born to lock them away at birth.

    • @dwainmcwilliams2043
      @dwainmcwilliams2043 4 роки тому +3

      @@rd4454 Please, they don't need any suggestions. Plus CPS already has it covered

  • @ELLeeOh
    @ELLeeOh 5 років тому +152

    Once they knew it wasn't him(when he gave them ID) they should have let him go not put him in cuffs,search him and put him in the cop car. Then to add insult to injury they gave him a ticket to boot smh.

    • @victorvazquez7065
      @victorvazquez7065 4 роки тому +13

      They had to give him a ticket, in order to justify their wrong doing. It wasent him, but we found some bullshit to peg on him captain!

    • @MrZlathan3
      @MrZlathan3 4 роки тому +6

      White cops cannot envision a black man who's innocent.

    • @MrZlathan3
      @MrZlathan3 4 роки тому +8

      @Michelle Goodrow ....I'm not going to disagree. However we know that the Archie Bunker/Trumpster mentality is concentrated in the white cop demographic and we know it influences their interactions and who they target. According to DOJ stats blacks are 3.5 times more likely to be stopped and searched while whites are 4 times more likely to be actually carrying contraband. Then right-wing media uses these skewed arrest stats to justify police abuse of minorities.

    • @jamesharrison1143
      @jamesharrison1143 4 роки тому +4

      Donald Trump has nothing to do with this. People have been abused by the police before Trump ever thought about being in politics. I've seen this type of stuff from the police for over 50 years. I'm tired of this being blamed on Trump. I clearly remember the days when the police would just shoot you in the back just for running,and if you lived in Detroit we had the Big 4 you didn't want to cross those guys or your could find yourself beat up and under arrest.

    • @MrZlathan3
      @MrZlathan3 4 роки тому +8

      @@jamesharrison1143 .....Yeah and Donald Trump appeals to that demographic who feel that police abuses are either non-existent or justified: that white police are above the law just like Donald Trump himself. You saw him stand before an audience of grinning applauding police officials telling them to bang "suspects" heads on the car and rough em up. Those days you referred to where the police could afford to be sloppy because they got away with everything is the nostalgia Trump is invoking with MAGA.

  • @sergio4740
    @sergio4740 5 років тому +46

    The journalist's question at the end of the video is questionable. How could it be an honest mistake when the name in the man's ID didn't match with the suspect's and rather than being release with excuses he was searched and taken into custody?

    • @willybshreddn3794
      @willybshreddn3794 4 роки тому +1

      Guaranteed that Media Station was told but they have to word it that way, police will never admit fault to anything and police Shakedown anyone who tries to make them accountable.

  • @paulwilliams5208
    @paulwilliams5208 4 роки тому +40

    turning left when the gps said turn right is a "mistake"
    you have a search for Donal Trump, you don't go arrest Bill Gates and get to call it a "mistake"

  • @tronaboron2064
    @tronaboron2064 4 роки тому +14

    It's never an honest mistakes with cops!

  • @willybshreddn3794
    @willybshreddn3794 4 роки тому +19

    Policing in America has changed from finding out you're not the suspect and letting you go to going ahead and investigating you further because they believe pretty much anybody can be arrested at any time for any reason.
    The other reason that stuff like this goes on is because it happens repeatedly and it goes by unchecked and unchallenged.

  • @chandadixon8838
    @chandadixon8838 5 років тому +38

    No it wasn't they looked at his ID and to them that wasn't enough

    • @khadijahmuhammad4771
      @khadijahmuhammad4771 5 років тому +6

      Yeah, that's the problem
      It should've been.

    • @valerie5575
      @valerie5575 4 роки тому +6

      I saw another video where the police told a guy his ID meant nothing to him. These fools will never admit to being wrong.

    • @bigmic1972
      @bigmic1972 3 роки тому

      Wow Check out This song and video by JONAH'S RUN should be an anthem. It highlights the injustice that blacks face in this country!
      ua-cam.com/video/K9sbDK88b3M/v-deo.html

    • @bigmic1972
      @bigmic1972 3 роки тому

      @@valerie5575 facts Check out This song and video by JONAH'S RUN should be an anthem. It highlights the injustice that blacks face in this country!
      ua-cam.com/video/K9sbDK88b3M/v-deo.html

  • @ogungunclub
    @ogungunclub 5 років тому +18

    You always conduct yourself so well. Good work for not letting this go.

  • @Leatherneck-pw3bn
    @Leatherneck-pw3bn 4 роки тому +24

    These cowardly cop's are a menace and threat to public safety. Good luck with the federal lawsuit please update us.

  • @jacquesmoulin228
    @jacquesmoulin228 4 роки тому +50

    How can it be a mistake?
    Dispatch: the suspect's name is Earl Motton
    Officer: We have one in custody whose name is Brown
    Evidently not the right person
    Officer cuffs him up and arrests him anyway.
    Brother brown you are right to sue the living daylights out of them. And as for the officer who arrested you he shouls be fired.

  • @hansoconner6898
    @hansoconner6898 5 років тому +22

    He didn't even look like the person they were looking for and his ID should have ended it there. It's like every black person looks the same to them 😒

    • @blacknosugarnocream
      @blacknosugarnocream 4 роки тому +5

      They know we all don't look the same, they just think that any one of us is no different than the other. If they can't get a specific one, another one will do just fine.

    • @seanewing845
      @seanewing845 4 роки тому

      @@blacknosugarnocream Good point. They dont believe we all look alike...but if they can't catch one of us, any other one of us would do.

  • @NH83589
    @NH83589 4 роки тому +15

    I’m so happy he kept his life. Minorities with guns are so scary even when they announce it with permits so in his case I hope he gets a permit and justice.

  • @Audiogeek-kf2ez
    @Audiogeek-kf2ez 5 років тому +14

    As usual ,Denver law enforcement get it wrong. Racial profiling is the norm in Denver

    • @deanjones2525
      @deanjones2525 5 років тому +5

      It's the norm all over America.

    • @wavydavy3737
      @wavydavy3737 5 років тому +2

      This is at least the fourth video of galactically stupid denver and Colorado police recently fuckin up. What's wrong with them

    • @garyg7647
      @garyg7647 4 роки тому +1

      WavyDavy they are police. That sums it up, as to what is wrong. The police’s power needs to be curtailed.

  • @Luka-DanteGodofMischief
    @Luka-DanteGodofMischief 4 роки тому +38

    This is one of the reason why people don’t give a damn when cops die, some people even celebrate it and if people celebrate your death chances are you were a horrible individual.

    • @michaelmcgrath1733
      @michaelmcgrath1733 2 роки тому +3

      Exactly 👍💯

    • @mybuttsbeenwiped666
      @mybuttsbeenwiped666 2 роки тому +3

      Lady Karma has been slacking lately. she needs to do a better job of leveling the playing field

  • @apsvend
    @apsvend 5 років тому +20

    This man was inconvenienced. This is a scene out of 1920s the KKK Patrol gallops up on their horses with white sheets and harass you like it's no big deal

  • @dwainmcwilliams2043
    @dwainmcwilliams2043 4 роки тому +6

    If he wins any money and what is leftover after the lawyers "take", he needs to leave that town, state and possibly the country. For there is going to be retribution. The police probably are using his image for target practice, now that they know he is armed.

  • @noneyours3237
    @noneyours3237 4 роки тому +30

    How could he not fit the description? He's black. Another black dude did it but it doesn't matter. You're black you'll do.

    • @cameronohare4000
      @cameronohare4000 4 роки тому +4

      None Yours,
      Head office: we’re looking for a suspect he’s back.
      Police officer: looks like we’re going to have to arrest all the black people

    • @Scratchingforcash
      @Scratchingforcash 2 роки тому +1

      Sad but true.

  • @sergio4740
    @sergio4740 4 роки тому +2

    How could it be a "honest mistake"? Name and description didn't match but handcuffed and searched all the same.

  • @robertmartin42
    @robertmartin42 2 роки тому +3

    If they saw his identification and saw that he was not the person they were after, they should have let him go. Instead, these dumb officers continued with him as if was who they were looking for and are now being lawfully sued.

  • @wayneparke554
    @wayneparke554 4 роки тому +6

    The unaccountable government Gestapo strikes again.

  • @jacobsladder6715
    @jacobsladder6715 4 роки тому +9

    Thanks for paying for his dream..
    The great WHITE IN BLUE !!!

  • @havok9001
    @havok9001 4 роки тому +2

    i hope this man win the lawsuit & also get them fired for false arrest & Etc...

  • @kingamosj7593
    @kingamosj7593 4 роки тому +4

    Let the jury decide Your settlement if they do not want to admit the wrong THat sends a real message

    • @georgethegreat7015
      @georgethegreat7015 4 роки тому

      The verdict of 12 white jury members will be, "Not guilty."

    • @kingamosj7593
      @kingamosj7593 4 роки тому

      @@georgethegreat7015 this is a civil case not Criminal on the federal laws

    • @georgethegreat7015
      @georgethegreat7015 4 роки тому

      Just replying to member who suggested to leave the decision to the jury. Same thing if you leave it up to judge/DA. Not guilty!!

    • @kingamosj7593
      @kingamosj7593 4 роки тому

      @@georgethegreat7015 the jury will have to decide the case under federal guidelines once they er found guilty you kill two birds with one stone

  • @jasonleslie203
    @jasonleslie203 2 роки тому +2

    This was an unlawful detainment.
    Once they saw his id & confirmed he wasnt their suspect but refused to release him it stopped being an "an honest mistake

  • @sharontrotter8198
    @sharontrotter8198 5 років тому +27

    Hey he was BLACK, so of course he fit the description. We all look alike. And he knew he should have had a copy of his permit on him whenever he carries his firearm. Thank GOD they didn't MURDER him.

  • @mayhem7455
    @mayhem7455 4 роки тому +2

    They could've argued honest mistake right up until they got confirmation of the name and saw his i.d. was not the same name.

  • @m.s.jordan615
    @m.s.jordan615 5 років тому +11

    When the cops disrespect our men... it's a oops...

    • @seanewing845
      @seanewing845 4 роки тому +1

      Yup. Stop! police ! put your hands in the Bang!Bang!Bang! Oops.

  • @tigdogsbody
    @tigdogsbody 5 років тому +2

    An honest mistake that still violated is civil rights.

  • @hoosiertejano5835
    @hoosiertejano5835 4 роки тому +2

    What happened? What was the outcome in court

  • @benjaminmartiniii5375
    @benjaminmartiniii5375 4 роки тому +10

    I hope he gets retribution!

  • @kathy7613
    @kathy7613 4 роки тому +1

    Hope You get Justice sir..this was so wrong..

  • @jeanbarrs9306
    @jeanbarrs9306 2 роки тому +1

    he was profiled,embarrassed in public for doing nothing wrong,get officers sued and hopefully jailed

  • @rooseveltbarfield3167
    @rooseveltbarfield3167 2 роки тому +1

    Street justice is required. Justice system is broken

  • @ralphcramden8582
    @ralphcramden8582 3 роки тому +1

    Take away their qualified immunity and all this harassment will STOP now.

  • @101danny
    @101danny 4 роки тому +6

    The fact that the corrupt cops found out it was not him by looking at his ID and not ending the detention right there and then, tells you they were not really looking for the real suspect 100%, they were USING THE EXCUSE of "looking for the suspect" to detain and search other black men that they can get their hands on.

  • @cathystuart4942
    @cathystuart4942 4 роки тому +1

    I hope you sue and get every dime

  • @shutitup68
    @shutitup68 3 роки тому +1

    "Honest mistake?".. Yeah, Right!

  • @stevenl4494
    @stevenl4494 4 роки тому +2

    Sounds fine right up to the point he presented ID and the name didn't match. It's OVER, DONE, FINISHED at that point. You don't get another 30+ minutes to figure something out.

  • @ninalee8625
    @ninalee8625 3 роки тому +1

    Officers were completely unprofessional.

  • @edl2nd
    @edl2nd 2 роки тому +1

    "Once they get back to us " is a strong indication that it probably wasn't just an "honest mistake ".

  • @VengefulBatz
    @VengefulBatz 4 роки тому +2

    Can’t find any updates on this..anyone know what was the court outcome?

    • @reikihealer980
      @reikihealer980 4 роки тому +1

      trail was canceled due to covid -19. waiting on new trail date..

  • @salehothman449
    @salehothman449 4 роки тому +1

    Lawsuit!!

  • @shewhotalkstothewindanne3377
    @shewhotalkstothewindanne3377 5 років тому +4

    He showed it wasn't him the pig should have left, piglets are bad and need to be sued each and every time they make a false arresst, go after there homes there wages and there cars civil court for pain and suffering and defermation of caracter

  • @Escekar
    @Escekar 4 роки тому +2

    Hope you get paid my brother..

  • @zenodotusofathens2122
    @zenodotusofathens2122 4 роки тому +5

    I am a criminal defense attorney and politically Conservative. I see things like this often. I am always outraged by gross profiling. It is demeaning to human dignity and violative of the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution. it does not matter if you are on the left or on the right this kind of thing is just wrong.

  • @erickjohnson7703
    @erickjohnson7703 3 роки тому +2

    Cop: sir do you know how black you where going?

  • @BalrajSingh-gg3qm
    @BalrajSingh-gg3qm 4 роки тому

    Any updates on this story?

  • @chuckgates1171
    @chuckgates1171 4 роки тому +1

    That is ONE of the reasons i dont use PT here in LRAR. I ride a bicycle.

  • @russh7914
    @russh7914 3 роки тому +1

    They were told the name of the person they were looking for. This was no accident.

  • @mikeymusk
    @mikeymusk 2 роки тому

    Had no business detaining him, pay up.

  • @forgodandcountry6554
    @forgodandcountry6554 3 роки тому +1

    Good for you Mr. Brown

  • @alltheragegeorgepageakatheperv
    @alltheragegeorgepageakatheperv 5 років тому +3

    People with guilt will never admit their guilt.

  • @jtjimtnz6993
    @jtjimtnz6993 4 роки тому

    Sue them personally, leave them broke.

  • @rosemaryjones5550
    @rosemaryjones5550 Рік тому

    Anchor is like he’s taking him to court for this like it’s ludicrous

  • @dennishoule2570
    @dennishoule2570 4 роки тому +2

    Hope he gets millions

  • @JayHarrisGuitarLessons
    @JayHarrisGuitarLessons 4 роки тому

    Why doesn’t he get a permit? Two wrongs don’t make a right!

  • @texan6673
    @texan6673 4 роки тому

    RTD Response:. We investigated ourselves and found or no wrongdoing.

  • @iali00
    @iali00 5 років тому +1

    That’s what you have to do. Sue every single time they do this bullshit. That’s the only way to stop these pigs.

  • @steelcastle5616
    @steelcastle5616 3 роки тому +1

    "Get yourself a white friend"
    - Chris Rock in "How to not get your ass kicked by the POlice".

  • @appleturnover519
    @appleturnover519 2 роки тому

    Oh, so he was carrying a gun without a permit. He should have been arrested.

  • @rd4454
    @rd4454 4 роки тому

    Hell no. Nothing matched him to that crime. And you still hold him hoping to find something. Those cops should be fired and pay him out of their own pockets.

  • @rogerdavies6226
    @rogerdavies6226 4 роки тому +2

    I remember when officers were there to protect and SERVE not harass and attack. You know if you were underage caught drinking or some such foolishness the officer would hall you home, wake up your parents and turn you over to them. Now that permissive parents have little or no oversight of their kids ----- In a poor way I see this attitude trickling up throughout all law enforcement.

  • @diegosuarez1563
    @diegosuarez1563 4 роки тому

    Sue the he'll out of them! That will learn them.

  • @JohnSmith-ni7um
    @JohnSmith-ni7um 4 роки тому +1

    Hope you win the lawsuit

  • @GULLAHTV33
    @GULLAHTV33 4 роки тому +2

    I know dude.he was my barber. Its crazy cause i moved because it was so racist out there

  • @markwarwick1049
    @markwarwick1049 4 роки тому +1

    Them punk cops ain't got any business being in law enforcement, not treating the people of this country this way .

  • @davidlamunyon9087
    @davidlamunyon9087 4 роки тому +1

    So the Denver police said it was an honest mistake!
    I like the part of the joke of them being honest.!

  • @havardrivansson7902
    @havardrivansson7902 Рік тому

    He is seeing justice, not retribution.

  • @michael-m
    @michael-m 2 роки тому +1

    Hope he gets a good pay day. Much deserved

  • @mr.willie9578
    @mr.willie9578 4 роки тому +6

    He is going to get paid

  • @Ioulou66
    @Ioulou66 4 роки тому +1

    Lawsuits are not a deterrent for bent police officers. They know that tax payer will generously pay for their wrongdoing.

  • @brookmiller1986
    @brookmiller1986 4 роки тому +1

    I hope you get a lot of money and those cops lose their jobs.

  • @F1InNi
    @F1InNi 3 роки тому +1

    There are too many cases that I can't believe anymore that the police is doing so many mistakes!

  • @bryan3165
    @bryan3165 4 роки тому

    Sue for Their Net Worth.........

  • @sharonbosley6028
    @sharonbosley6028 2 роки тому

    How did the police come to stop the train in the first place? Did they have a report that someone fired a gun in a kitchen then ran out hopped on the train? Or what?

  • @joshuabulger3156
    @joshuabulger3156 3 роки тому

    i don't know ?

  • @khrfx4715
    @khrfx4715 4 роки тому +1

    Incredibly lazy cops can't be bothered to LISTEN when told the man's name and it didn't match.

  • @deaconandrewkingtheinspira762
    @deaconandrewkingtheinspira762 4 роки тому

    How did the outcome end with the lawsuit ?!?!

    • @reikihealer980
      @reikihealer980 4 роки тому

      trail was canceled due to covid -19. waiting on new trail date..

  • @sportsmansparadice42
    @sportsmansparadice42 4 роки тому

    Wrong guy.. Should have cut him loose immediately.

  • @adaboy4z
    @adaboy4z 2 роки тому

    Even when they had a name and his ID they still cuffed him. Makes no sense.

  • @stardaddyo9
    @stardaddyo9 4 роки тому

    Write that man a big check Denver

  • @sunflowerthegoddess1737
    @sunflowerthegoddess1737 10 місяців тому +1

    W O W ‼️ ... When I see all the countless videos . Of black people being targeted . For driving while black . I took a small amount of assurance . In living in the city . And relying primarily on PUBLIC TRANSIT ! But after watching this . There's no escaping this tyranny !

  • @kevinconnelly3662
    @kevinconnelly3662 2 роки тому

    They had name and ID for the suspect and presented with totally different id and description they still hold the guy.

  • @madjimbo4176
    @madjimbo4176 3 роки тому

    He had a gun with no license. Ummm.

  • @philpek6341
    @philpek6341 4 роки тому +1

    The public need to stand up for what right not the wrong we all need to stand our grounds against these gangs members so called(train robbers) people stand up and start filming and recording if you see cops talking to a person because that person would need witnesses from public to abtain their innocents from police curroption. WAKE UP PEOPLE

  • @tysonrickks1
    @tysonrickks1 2 роки тому

    We automatically fit the description doesn't matter who they are looking for

  • @MrRobbo269
    @MrRobbo269 3 роки тому

    "Update" please.!!!!!!!!!!

  • @brentvetor6572
    @brentvetor6572 2 роки тому +1

    There you go again cops breaking the law

  • @evelyntravis8075
    @evelyntravis8075 4 роки тому +1

    How the fuck was it a mistake when he showed his I.d that should have ended it him proving he was not the guy. I hope he wins his law suite. Wut needs to happen to make police b held accountable. Make them start paying these law sites them selves. Stop charging the people for their racial unjustified stops, beatings, nd wrongfully arrested law abiding citizens.

  • @paulden3158
    @paulden3158 5 років тому +3

    I like his bracelets

  • @joegeorge3889
    @joegeorge3889 2 роки тому

    Why the gun no permit if that was me I'd be in jail

  • @charliebrard5359
    @charliebrard5359 2 роки тому

    Hope he cleans-up with his lawsuit, they got his ID, his name, radios asking name of person they were looking for, NO MATCH yet they detain him in cuffs. Just held him trying to make up a crime to justify the stop.

  • @gerrym5170
    @gerrym5170 2 роки тому +1

    When you think all black people look alike, this been going on for 400 years.

  • @joeycharland7953
    @joeycharland7953 2 роки тому +1

    Honest mistake my ass. If that was the case I'd and name he should have been let go. It was racial profiling I hope he got those cops fired and a huge settlement

  • @archerbob6847
    @archerbob6847 9 місяців тому

    It was not an honest mistake... it was par for the course

  • @Kevjevkev
    @Kevjevkev Рік тому

    It really seems so to me

  • @jonathansimmons3731
    @jonathansimmons3731 2 роки тому

    How many mistakes can they make 🤔? 300,000