"Articulate" seems to be the go-to word to describe a black person that can actually speak. Calling the black person articulate just like being shocked that they know how to walk, overused assessment of a black by another black as if though it's an exception to the rule.
@@scitizenkane1 this word is used to describe anyone who is particulate deft at communicating. Not everyone has that skill. People seem surpised at me as well because I speak well and say the same thing; I am not a black man.
@@scitizenkane1 I feel u but I think we judge that in the same light for all because your have to have a certain Gena's aqua! To really get that lable!
As long as there are humans this will never stop. It doesn't even matter if your black or white anymore. Yes I know this statement may sound wrong but that's because of the history why the black man life is harder in this country of which we are told... is the land of the free. What is the opposite of freedom well that's were we are.
Truly I like your dog and your dance moves. Well let me say this in my 65 years of living I have not seen a change. The actual continuation and generational racism lives on today. And I pray that it stops.🙏🏾😎
The range of emotion's that go through me as I listen to his story is from sadness to anger and everything in between. I can't even imagine what he must have been going through...
That happened to me regularly in Washington DC going to my house on 15th street. I have to show my Id walking, sitting. and driving. Everything I do is suspicious I would not take my trash out without ID. I have been escorted from my neighborhood just five doors from my house. I have been punched, while face down stopping at my face, even slammed into a brick wall. I had broken no laws and surprisingly they let me go. I learned going to complain or asking for a 1099 complaint form can get you arrested. I know first hand breaking the law is not a prerequisite to going to jail. I received a small settlement. Which in no way was compensation for the business I lost. I remember the officer plotting to charge me a unsolved murder. When he realized I had never been arrested he must have thought murder was a bridge to far. So he fell back on the ace in the hole. Felony threat against a police officer. This felony requires no evidence. In doing so I lost my FBI security clearance. The business that I sacrifice years to build required a security clearance. I had contracts with the CIA, US Marshall Service, DEA, Federal Courts, and Treasury Department. I was so proud to be able to drive up on the Whitehouse Compound and Park my truck. In the two years it took to get to mediation I lost all those business contracts. During that interim NASA. heard abour my services and called me. They offered me a job but needless to say I didn't pass the security clearance. These attacks went on for four decades. Eventually I grew affraid to come out my house. I became more and more reclusive afraid to come outside even in my yard because being on 15th street with the 3rd precinct around the corner there was lots of police traffic. Eventually I succumbed to the pressure. I moved to Baltimore and paid cash for a floppy house and now I hide in the house. When I am outside I walk bent over like a much older man. I try to look frail. It was my athletic physical appearance from being a college athlete that was my link to the Black males that get out of federal prison well built. After years of working out with weights and eating starch food some inmates have an above average muscular appearance. This was the trigger because I kept myself in great physical shape all my life. My life is over now my appearance deteriorated my business destroyed. In my case mission accomplished they destroyed me. It is almost seems I would be better off if I would go to prison now.
Michael Paysour @We see you. We hear you. And you matter! You are not alone and your story is helping others. It’s ok to hurt and it’s ok to start healing at the same time. Fight and show the youngins that you have the right to live! ❤️
Or you fit the description, "gotta question someone who enjoys and actually makes up reasons to put other humans in cages," an og told me that in jail and I've spread his word for 10 years , the position of power in this country has been abused significantly and the ones in power are terrorists
same reason I've been given. After a while I started telling them they need to catch this guy that keep robbing these places near where I am. I used to even cut them off and say "let me guess. There was a robbery in the area?".
Hard to believe they should be ashamed When will we unite and Love one another we are hebrews it's time to repent and ask Jesus in to our hearts time is running out Jackie
Worse, black cops go through this when they take the uniform off and try to walk down the street, the only time it stops is when the white officer finally decides to believe that he REALLY is a cop
don't know about "character" per se, but it takes a LOT of patience; believe me, we get really TIRED of telling these fuqqin stories (even to each other).
They knew he wasn't a threat after spending that time speaking with him. Their pride wouldn't let them get up and leave after realizing that they were wrong.
Besides being a professor Mr. Butler is also an ex Federal prosecutor. I've seen him many times and he's very good at explaining the law. Sorry he had this experience.
I hope when those officers went back to the station and abused their power to look him up (which they would have done, illegally), it gave them some serious food for thought when they saw who Paul is (but probably not).
Rod McDonald this is not Germany my uncle's fight against Germany my father fought against Japan and against communism this is America it's supposed to be the land of the free member that word read the Constitution people
i lived in an area where my house sold for$4500,000 i got stopped in my own house??! i got stopped mowing my lawn etc i had to go down to the local so they would know who i am so i would not get stopped getting into my own car in my driveway ??? and some 9 years later is it better??? oh for me yes i sold the house and moved to fabulous Puerto Rico
Its not just racial profiling. Plain unbiased profiling exist as well. Like police profiling someone based on how they look or their past record. Police in this country are given too much power and not held accountable when they commit unacceptable crimes.
I was stopped because, according to the officer, my tint was way too dark. REAL REASON: He saw that I was a heavy metal fan, with metal stickers on the back of my windshield. When he looked up my ID, he found that I work closely with the police. Lol... Former Social Worker.... So, he took out a device, and pretended to test my tint, or something. After that, since he didn't have JACK SHIT, he let me go...wow lol.
That happened to me regularly in Washington DC going to my house on 15th street. I have to show my Id walking, sitting. and driving. Everything I do is suspicious I would not take my trash out without ID. I have been escorted from my neighborhood just five doors from my house. I have been punched, while face down stopping at my face, even slammed into a brick wall. I had broken no laws and surprisingly they let me go. I learned going to complain or asking for a 1099 complaint form can get you arrested. I know first hand breaking the law is not a prerequisite to going to jail. I received a small settlement. Which in no way was compensation for the business I lost. I remember the officer plotting to charge me a unsolved murder. When he realized I had never been arrested he must have thought murder was a bridge to far. So he fell back on the ace in the hole. Felony threat against a police officer. This felony requires no evidence. In doing so I lost my FBI security clearance. The business that I sacrifice years to build required a security clearance. I had contracts with the CIA, US Marshall Service, DEA, Federal Courts, and Treasury Department. I was so proud to be able to drive up on the Whitehouse Compound and Park my truck. In the two years it took to get to mediation I lost all those business contracts. During that interim NASA. heard abour my services and called me. They offered me a job but needless to say I didn't pass the security clearance. These attacks went on for four decades. Eventually I grew affraid to come out my house. I became more and more reclusive afraid to come outside even in my yard because being on 15th street with the 3rd precinct around the corner there was lots of police traffic. Eventually I succumbed to the pressure. I moved to Baltimore and paid cash for a floppy house and now I hide in the house. When I am outside I walk bent over like a much older man. I try to look frail. It was my athletic physical appearance from being a college athlete that was my link to the Black males that get out of federal prison well built. After years of working out with weights and eating starch food some inmates have an above average muscular appearance. This was the trigger because I kept myself in great physical shape all my life. My life is over now my appearance deteriorated my business destroyed. In my case mission accomplished they destroyed me. It is almost seems I would be better off if I would go to prison now.
I LOVE the way he handled himself, and yes it’s even worse when black cops, judges & the like oppress blacks, when they KNOW full well how badly we’re already systematically treated. It’s sickening.
Brilliant! It's like they are either PAID to harass,intimidate their own, ENJOY their position of being a HOUSESLAVE,or too AFRAID of losing their position because of intimidation or threats to them or their jobs. Either way,they are SICKENING.
Me too. Join the boat Adonai Z. This story is a perfect example of why I never leave home without clipping my discrete bodycam on the front straps of my backpack whether, in a car, public transportation or walking on the streets as anything can happen in a NYC moment or in this case a DC moment where Mr. Paul was stopped by police.
Here is some incredible news. Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland Police Officer, has been hired as a part time police officer in Southern Ohio. In case this name is not familar, Loehmann is the man that shot and killed 12 year old Tamir Rice. This boy was shot and killed 2 seconds after arriving on the scene for playing with a toy gun. Bellaire, Ohio is the town that hired this person. He was about to be fired from his first police department of Independence, Ohio before he resigned. His assessment by his training officer said that he was not competent in communicating his orders and the handling of the use of deadly force. His Independence training officer noted that no amount of training would improve his performance. He was hired by Cleveland without revealing his evaluation by the previous department. This was the grounds for him being fired by Cleveland. He is now legally carrying a gun and was defended by the Bellaire Police Chief. Let's see what businesses are in this town and do a economic boycott. Copy and paste this comment.
When they say they know everybody in the neighborhood, they're lying. I have lived in a community for 19 years and even I don't know everybody. I'm Caucasian and this has happened to me.
Wow, listening to this fellow, he recounts a second incident that happened to me. Right there in Harlem at 125th street and about 8th avenue with my new (used) car that was about 3 years from its rollout from the auto plant. They asked if they could search my car. I had nothing to hide, so I said yeah. They searched it right there with traffic moving and tour buses whizzing by. I wanted to be invisible because they were very exhaustive. They looked in places I didn't know my car had, including pull out air/water suction ducts around the car doors. When they were done, I could never get my air suction materials around the rear door back into the factory positions. I regretted ever saying yes. I no longer do. When you deny this, all they do is waste another 30 minutes ofyour time by calling a K-9 unit. Fucking insane waste of my time.
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Not to mention the possibility that they may plant something. I say refuse when it's prudent to do so.
Next time don't allow them to search your car even if you don't anything to hid its very risky haven't you watching videos cops planting drugs in people's cars?silence and not answering questions is the best most effective method
The blue gang is a waste of time period, I've been out of crime for so long but shit like this makes me happy everytime a cop goes down, it sad it's like a public fight between cops and society and its fucked but the gangs are the only ones who stand up to them and fight for the citizens.
4x4Scout It’s obvious that you’re completely unfamiliar with what it feels like to be profiled, completely unfamiliar with American history, and completely misinformed on the whole issue around NFL players kneeling.
4x4Scout The more you say, the more you demonstrate ignorance. It’s obvious that you’re a low income, blue collar, poorly educated white male Trump supporter who harbors resentment against black people, Hispanics, immigrants, and women and lacks the mental capacity to engage in intellectual debate.It’s easy to detect your mindless stench from a mile away.
@@larryg9274 And the more you say the more ignorant and stupid you look. Typical of some murdering Killery supporter to make such broad, ignorant and totally WRONG assumptions. There are all kinds of races in my immediate family and historically as well from native American to African American. If you can think of a race in this country we probably have some of it. Always known it but my daughters foray into genetics when she had us submit genetic samples for evaluation proved it. My father was a teacher, my grandparents were teachers with masters and BS degrees. My sister and her husband are both dentists and I have a BS degree in Nursing, with hobbies in computers, CNC and automotive engineering etc. I would have to say that judging by your ridiculous assumptions and accusations you yourself probably have a 6th grade education at best. As for Trump, well he wasn't my first choice and there are a lot of things I don't like about him but he has done surprisingly well. His performance has impressed me quite a bit as it also has a few die hard democrat friends. With no other options come voting time I really didn't feel like I had a choice. Hilliary was just a freaking scary option and literally the last person I would pick in this whole country. And after the guilty till proven innocent crap the democrats pushed during the Kavanaugh hearings I'm to scared to ever vote democrat. Probably will last for years. Their strategy choices alone show how unhinged they are. They seem really self serving and out of touch with reality. Not someone I want in office. You can go to the slums in any major city and find more honest less hypocritical people than the democrats in office right now today.
I love the way he spoke! Very touching 🥺😢.My heart breaks for all the injustices that you must endure and then some! Thank you, God for taking our weaknesses & shining us into diamonds.Your strength, love, empathy & joy is contagious. Hugsz to all 🥰
You're also a vulnerable person when your on your own. And they know it. Officer: you're being detained YOU: what for... Officer: radio's for backup. Within seconds 4 officers surround you. Bull$h!t time.
I am an Alaskan Native Indian. My Great Grandmother spoke releasing a Blessing and prayer over me , my 2 younger brothers and 1 sister. I did not understand at the time how powerful and significant impact this act of Faith and transference of blessings this would have on my life. Although I did experience so much trUma and abuses. I believe my Great Grandmother invoking prayer preserved me and my brothers and sister from dying prematurely. I since have learned the power of prayer. I learned to practice daily repentance for my sinful thoughts, attitudes. Sins transgressions and generational iniquities passed down through my bloodline. The iniquities passed through the bloodline are what the devil uses to accuse us and uses these unconfessed iniquities as a legal right to cause all kinds of havoc in the life of a Person who has not confessed or acknowledged ,and repented of their sins transgressions and bloodline iniquities. Repenting closes the door to the accuser of the Bretheren. Opens up the door for Jesus to intervene and cleanse away any former permission granted to the accuser /Satan. Released blessings are then flowing to us. We then become a blessed person and not a person who formerly lived under the curse!
Isn't that the point. Why doesn't anyone see that they are really doing their job? It's not about whether you are stopped, it's about how you respond. There is responsibility on both sides.
Well this is easier said than done though I agree it is not only an admirable trait but an act of wisdom That however is still no excuse for harrassment from the socalled public servants
@@jeannettewright3814 They're not just doing their jobs They harassed a law abiding citizen all the while already knowing that was his home So what happens when you are wrongfully harrassed in this manner by socalled public servants Will your response be they're just doing their jobs ? Have you or anyone you know ever walked down a public street ?
@Jeanette Wright Perhaps, but police are the ones who are authorized to carry a deadly weapon, trained in its use, and who will generally face little to no consequence should they decide to put said tool to use. As such, they should be held to a higher standard of responsibility than an average citizen. I as a civilian with no legal training should not be on call to be professional, courteous, and respectful, regardless of circumstance or violation of my rights, at any moment that an officer decides to approach me, on pain of detainment, fines, or even death. And you may feel that those are fringe cases, but the fact that they have happened repeatedly is a problem in and of itself
The lady who make a comment about why they stop them and they just they just doing the job she's full of Bologna cuz they have no business stopping any black man just because he's black they don't stop any black men any white man when they walk in the streets they actually say hi to him
This man was my Criminal Procedure professor in law school in the early 90's, and I neither possessed the maturity nor open-mindedness to listen to him fully. Still, he had an effect on me, and I think about him a lot--even though I haven't talked to him in nearly 30 years.
I was stopped and question for taking groceries into my house. They told me they received a call of suspicious activity. Then asked me for ID. I asked them were they serious while looking at them like they lost their damn minds. Here I am, garage door open, car trunk open, rear passenger side door open, my 11 year son taking bags back and forth into the house, keys dangling from the front door lock and yet they need proof that I live at the residence. Long story short, I laughed and continued unloading my car. Once I was done. I pulled my car into the my garage, exited close the garage door, went into my house and closed the door behind me without saying a single word. They continue to say sir we need to see some proof the entire time.
This happened to me once. Was walking to my building along exclusive long driveway entrance. Cop car drives slowly behind me. I keep walking at my same pace, make the round around the elongated driveway and deliberately walk into the garage (and not the lobby) by using the garage door opener. Cop car presumably disappears.
Yep your right . Some black women understand and some dont because it's most white men's fantasy to be with a black woman so police generally will treat sisters better as they are not seen as a treat.
I've Been the Victim of Burglary and Its A Super TERRIBLE Feeling to have an Unwelcomed person inside your home. My Point Is: I wish those over Zealous Cops would've Stopped the person(s) entering My Home in California
Thanks for sharing your experience. An African American staff of mine told me a story when she was walking on a public street, she said "hi" to a group of white people. They said nothing back but a long, glaring silence towards her. She told me she never felt so afraid in her life while I provided her empathy with a listening ear. I no longer associate in that region/town because I demonstrate with action my principles and values on top of believing in them.
Happened to me in Georgetown on the way to Safeway at 2am.They said that there had been a lot of break ins in the neighborhood. I told them, I went to school here, Georgetown U. I said, I didn't know it was illegal to walk down the street. I kind of get why they suspected me. They have no way of finding out things without questions and investigating. They were civil enough. It's the ones that are thugs that concern me. Because I once had a white lady demand I get off the phone, also in Georgetown and when I refused. She hung it up for me. I told her she could end up a news story assaulting strange men. She lied to a cop who said he was her friend. He confronted me and told me to get off the phone. Asked me what happened and said if I ever said something again to his friend, he would put me in the back of a paddy wagon and take the long way back to the station. None the less in this incident. One searched me and started pulling things out of my backpack. I stood stone still. It intimidated them. Four showed up in total. Then, one said, 'come here, put your stuff back in your backpack.' I walked over to the cruisers hood, put my things back in. Watching me, one said, 'I'll see you in jail.' I told him, 'you will never see me in jail. I, put people in jail.' This shut them all up. He kept his fist near his side like a stunted fist bump. I obliged. Shook anothers hand, saluted the 3rd and said, 'have a good night gentleman.' A 4th drove by as I walked away. He said, 'If I were you. I'd find another place to go. The next officer that stops you might not be so nice.'
@@krane15 They were embarassed enough. They don't know who I am. Now they do. Easy in, easy out. They can now go find the bad guys, or waste manpower, resources and wake up the neighborhood, blocking off the streets and everyone wondering what the hell? Because I want to say, " I'm a citizen, I know my rights, I ain't showing you nothing." Hilarious decision. I WANT them to find the bad guy. Not mistake me for him. Now? When they see me and call in? They say, 'It's him. No biggie. Move on.'
@@-----Disciple----------- Its not just big, its major. Those right that you feel is "no biggie" didn't always exist. People that came before us had to fight and in many cases die so we could enjoy them. At least give credit to those still brave enough to fight to maintain them. As you can clearly see, nobody will just give you your rights if they can get away with doing otherwise. You have to demand them. And never tell anyone to cower away because its easier. The moment you do that, you lose, and they win.
@@krane15 I have no idea where you got 'rights are no biggie'. You proceed from a false premise. Also, you used words that I said and added a variable to them so I have no counterargument. Because you are arguing a foreign concept to what I said. Your explanation is incongruous to my handling of the situation.
Robert Prestandrea it happens all the time. I’ve had my own personal misgivings with law enforcement officers. In my situations as a young Man growing up in DC. You didn’t trust the police. Professor Butler was a former prosecutor. He knew exactly what his rights were. I had a similar incident almost 25 years ago in Arlington, Virginia , south and west of Washington, DC. I was detained by an Arlington, Virginia police officer. Because I fit the profile of suspected burglar of a federal post office. My picture was taken with a Polaroid camera. I handed the officer my identification and he went to his unmarked to see if I had any pending charges. The officer let me go home. I was about a block away from my condominium. When I got home. I immediately wrote down everything that happened. I had the officers badge number and name. The officer was white, treated me with respect and wasn’t abusive or anything negative. I kept thinking. The officer was considerate, deliberate and acted if this was a routine thing. I soon found out . It was. I wrote letters to Arlington county officials, I wrote to the police chief, the governor, my congressmen, my senator, my local municipal mayor, the head of the local NAACP, as well as the urban league. The most interesting thing occurred within six months. Everyone wrote me back. It was investigated. It so happened that Arlington County law enforcement took pictures of young black men as they exited the subway stops in Arlington. You have at least 7 or 8 metro subway stations in Arlington. That year. The Washington Post wrote a scathing expose on the practices of Arlington County police and its picture taking technique. I received letters of apology from then Governor Douglas Wilder(the country’s first black governor), the police chief, whose letter was pretty defensive. Most importantly. I received back the Polaroid picture. A officer showed up at my condominium and apologized to me personally. We have many, many years to go in this country before we make any deep in roads to racism, police profiling, and our criminal justice system. I’m not one to blanket all police officers. Many of my friends who are black. Went on to careers in law enforcement throughout the DC and Baltimore region. Yes. The blue Wall is real. My experience tells me. Good policing begins with leadership. The state of Virginia is a divided state like many of this nations states. Northern Virginia alone has transformed into a model for 21sr century race relations. The DC area has the highest concentration of black professionals in the nation. Simply because the federal government is seated here. But we have our bad actors. The culture begins with leadership. If leadership and the police departments set the example. As in my case. You have officers who understand that they have to answer to someone who is going to hold them accountable. Virginia and Maryland are blue states. They are a work in progress. You can’t get anymore liberal than the District of Columbia. They are a work in progress. What does that say about RED state America? We have a lot of work ahead of us.
Edward Glass - Why were they taking polaroid pictures? You'd think seeing ID would be enough. That's a long time ago, before I was born so I'm probably missing something.
This man is an inspiration. If only everyone could be as level headed, yet also succinctly let the corrupt police know "this isn't going to go the way you thought" then maybe we can start going in the right way with police/public relations (I'm white and the same things have happened to me many times because where I live, it's everyone that's suspect to police, and once it starts to reach everywhere, God help us)
This story is a perfect example of why I never leave home without clipping my discrete bodycam on the front straps of my backpack whether, in a car, public transportation or walking on the streets as anything can happen in a NYC moment or in this case a DC moment.
Great facts and stories. I retired after working 30-years for a public K-12th school district in Southern Calif. We had many racists teachers and administrators who were supposedly cloaked in good deeds.
I had the same thing happen to me in NJ, I would be walking down the street and I would get stopped and 3 cars would roll up on me with cherries on asking for my ID. My neighbors would all be lookin out the window like I had done something. I would refuse to give them my ID because I was just walking down the street minding my business, Finally one of the Cops I know would show up and be like oh that's Brian leave him alone. I literally had to go down to the police station confront the Sargent on duty and ask him to spread the word that a black dude lives around this area and if you see him walking leave him alone. Never had a problem again.
I am a 60 year old white person and I know this might mean much but I am deeply sorry that things like that RE happening. When I was brought my father tried to make me a racist but all he did is make me open my eyes and realize that there is nothing different between black, white or any other color of any other person in the world. I felt bad for my father because he didn't open his eyes until my sister married an African American, He had just had his 57th birthday and he lost out on makinging alot of really nice people. My best friend that I met in 1978 is also African American and the thing is I never saw it that way because it never mattered. I would not be the man I am now if it wasn't for him. That's why after watching your video it touched a nerve. NOBODY buy nobody has the right to be a racist anywhere in the WORLD! WE all all HUMAN BEINGS and if they can't adapt by now then they need to find another world because this is taken and WE OUT NUMBER THEM!
It's been done LEO needs there own insurance they have to obtain the more lawsuits the higher they pay not the people the same was done to doctor's to get rid of the bad
Why? These were blue niggas conducting unlawful harassment of a citizen walking home. I don't give two phucks about a person's color, class or origin if their not breaking any laws then the blue mercenaries can circle jerk or pound sand. This man should great strength and character.
Years ago, I can remember being pulled over by the cops. I lived in Chicago at the time. I had just got back from Afghanistan and was employed at the railroad. Anyhow, I asked the police, " Why are you stopping me?" The female cop says, " It's cold outside and you have your window down." I said, " Whaaattt??".. She says, " Yeah, there have been a few drive bys in this area. Can we search your car?"... I replied, " No. Call a sector sergeant please." The two cops looked at each other and then said that I was free to go. This is a very true story. Unfortunately.
It’s sooo disturbing that once you join their gang.... You feel as if you’re one of them. But as soon as you’re out of uniform you’re back to being one of us. Prime example of How to make a modern day Slave
Outrageous police violation of this innocent man - makes my blood boil! Cops like this should be booted out of the country as they do not belong in a democracy - see how they like that! Alternatively jailed until they are reprogramed about rights and freedoms!
Bravo ! Well done ! I thank G-D you survived this so routine confrontation for every Black man I knew growing up . It has been for too many the vestibule to the home of hate for police officers , melination not withstanding , and to careers in crime which would put them in their adolescent years in violent contact with any sort of legal authority. This is sad but true . I know men who served in combat obeying every order given to them regardless to the harm they might receive . They witnessed the non - John Wayne - Ronald Reagan white men crying and hulking down under fire while these Black teenaged soldiers fought their behinds off. Then they are honorably discharged back to civilian life only to be profiled by police while driving , walking , and standing. In many of these encounters the men were battered by the police and then charged with assault , battery and " nonviolent " resisting arrest . The last charge consists of talking after being told to " shut your mouth , you dont question us ." The difference in today's world and the last 75 years are communications. At one time we thought these mishaps depended upon the city one was in . We now bear witness that it depends upon the skin one is in .
I got pull over for driving too slow in the middle lane on 85 so in NC. I can't win to save my life. The gun and drugs questions, then have you been arrested lately. What??
This reminds me of my NEIGHBORHOOD ( Governors lake way)in Simpsonville,s.c. where police was not called but just as worse. While I was on my daily walk, A resident who lives in house #64 ran out towards me YELLING " PRIVATE PROPERTY, PRIVATE PROPERTY ". the neighbor next door came out spoke to ( #64 ) and informed him that I had lived or moved in the community on or about the same time frame. While they were talking I turned and walked away. My wife was approached twice in one week, our Son whom had lived with us during the first year and a half of living in this community was also approached. I feel some what uneasy since then about this neighborhood to the point of NOW I CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON TO PROTECT MY FAMILY AND MY SELF AT ALL TIMES. "WELCOME TO THE HOOD", RESPECTFULLY
It’s so sad that this continues to happen and there is no consequence for these police officers. They should be absolutely ashamed of themselves but sadly these cops will go to work tomorrow and do it all again and who knows the may decide to escalate the situation
No apologies from the cops, just look at him and at the neighbors back up get in their cars and drive away ---- Just like that, the cops drive away. How very sad and disgusting.
That happened to me regularly in Washington DC going to my house on 15th street. I have to show my Id walking, sitting. and driving. Everything I do is suspicious I would not take my trash out without ID. I have been escorted from my neighborhood just five doors from my house. I have been punched, while face down stopping at my face, even slammed into a brick wall. I had broken no laws and surprisingly they let me go. I learned going to complain or asking for a 1099 complaint form can get you arrested. I know first hand breaking the law is not a prerequisite to going to jail. I received a small settlement. Which in no way was compensation for the business I lost. I remember the officer plotting to charge me a unsolved murder. When he realized I had never been arrested he must have thought murder was a bridge to far. So he fell back on the ace in the hole. Felony threat against a police officer. This felony requires no evidence. In doing so I lost my FBI security clearance. The business that I sacrifice years to build required a security clearance. I had contracts with the CIA, US Marshall Service, DEA, Federal Courts, and Treasury Department. I was so proud to be able to drive up on the Whitehouse Compound and Park my truck. In the two years it took to get to mediation I lost all those business contracts. During that interim NASA. heard abour my services and called me. They offered me a job but needless to say I didn't pass the security clearance. These attacks went on for four decades. Eventually I grew affraid to come out my house. I became more and more reclusive afraid to come outside even in my yard because being on 15th street with the 3rd precinct around the corner there was lots of police traffic. Eventually I succumbed to the pressure. I moved to Baltimore and paid cash for a floppy house and now I hide in the house. When I am outside I walk bent over like a much older man. I try to look frail. It was my athletic physical appearance from being a college athlete that was my link to the Black males that get out of federal prison well built. After years of working out with weights and eating starch food some inmates have an above average muscular appearance. This was the trigger because I kept myself in great physical shape all my life. My life is over now my appearance deteriorated my business destroyed. In my case mission accomplished they destroyed me. It is almost seems I would be better off if I would go to prison now.
Michael Paysour - what a horrible litany of injustice and evil!!! What can one say in response to your experiences? Words are so impotent, at times. My heart goes out to you. Don’t let the bstrds drag you down ! ! ! The world SHOULDN’T be like that - unfortunately, the reality is that it IS like that. All of us must do all we can to change this sick reality. The people of the USA need to get it together and vote out that megalomaniac who presently resides in the White House ! ! ! And when you do, be ready for a fight that will destroy your country. ‘Cause Trump’s not gonna go down easily. He’s a mean bully with waaaaay too much power! I pray to God to protect your country, whichever way the election goes, ‘cause either way it’s not gonna be good. I pray for you Michael - May you truly find some peace and contentment in your life. You don’t deserve the “place” where you now are. Lift up your head and step out. God be with you when you do. 👵🏻🐾💕🇨🇦
I realize that this is an older post, but I am none the less sorry for what happened to you. This and similar issues are not isolated occurrences for black people in America. The structural systems of racism continue to oppress our progress and safety in this country. Professor Paul Butler, thank you for the story and ability to have this discussion.
How many of you guys were harassed since middle school? How many of you had guns pointed toward your face countless of times and were told that you will be killed if you even breathe wrong? I know all of this happened to me. Many encounters from black cops were messed up too. Sometimes they act worse to prove to another cop of another race that they are blue through and through.
"Paul Delano Butler is an American lawyer, former prosecutor, and current law professor of Georgetown University Law Center. He is a leading criminal law scholar" and is a frequent contributor on MSNBC and CNN.
I'm white and my heart is breaking watching this. This is wrong in so many ways. Please, come and live in my country. You can walk anywhere without being stopped and interrogated. I promise.
My son is a you g black man and yes we live in NC ..scared me everyday when he drives or alone ..I cannot protect him..what do you do in this situation???
Being articulately intelligent can be very intimidating, especially if you're a black man in this country.
Even in the UK.. Always trying to ridicule intelligent black people
"Articulate" seems to be the go-to word to describe a black person that can actually speak. Calling the black person articulate just like being shocked that they know how to walk, overused assessment of a black by another black as if though it's an exception to the rule.
@@scitizenkane1 this word is used to describe anyone who is particulate deft at communicating. Not everyone has that skill. People seem surpised at me as well because I speak well and say the same thing; I am not a black man.
Especially....sad but true....🤷🏿♂️🤘🏿tx✌🏿♥️
@@scitizenkane1 I feel u but I think we judge that in the same light for all because your have to have a certain Gena's aqua! To really get that lable!
This was 9 years ago and could have been yesterday🤦🏾♀️ It has to stop!
It is now 10 years ago and could be 10 years in the future. Ignorance, hate and fear are impossible to eradicate.
Until we come together as people regardless of race color gender and call out this mess and really hold everyone accountable, it wont
As long as there are humans this will never stop. It doesn't even matter if your black or white anymore. Yes I know this statement may sound wrong but that's because of the history why the black man life is harder in this country of which we are told... is the land of the free.
What is the opposite of freedom well that's were we are.
Truly I like your dog and your dance moves. Well let me say this in my 65 years of living I have not seen a change. The actual continuation and generational racism lives on today. And I pray that it stops.🙏🏾😎
Not a damn thing has changed!!
The range of emotion's that go through me as I listen to his story is from sadness to anger and everything in between. I can't even imagine what he must have been going through...
He probably would be arrested or killed if it were today. Then they would lie about what happened.
Yet your range of critical thinking is nil.
This was painful. You are educated and courageous enough to “walk” through this ordeal. But the majority are not. Leaving PTSD scars.
That happened to me regularly in Washington DC going to my house on 15th street. I have to show my Id walking, sitting. and driving. Everything I do is suspicious
I would not take my trash out without ID. I have been escorted from my neighborhood just five doors from my house.
I have been punched, while face down stopping at my face, even slammed into a brick wall. I had broken no laws and surprisingly they let me go. I learned going to complain or asking for a 1099 complaint form can get you arrested.
I know first hand breaking the law is not a prerequisite to going to jail. I received a small settlement. Which in no way was compensation for the business I lost.
I remember the officer plotting to charge me a unsolved murder. When he realized I had never been arrested he must have thought murder was a bridge to far. So he fell back on the ace in the hole. Felony threat against a police officer. This felony requires no evidence. In doing so I lost my FBI security clearance.
The business that I sacrifice years to build required a security clearance. I had contracts with the CIA, US Marshall Service, DEA, Federal Courts, and Treasury Department. I was so proud to be able to drive up on the Whitehouse Compound and Park my truck.
In the two years it took to get to mediation I lost all those business contracts. During that interim NASA. heard abour my services and called me. They offered me a job but needless to say I didn't pass the security clearance.
These attacks went on for four decades. Eventually I grew affraid to come out my house.
I became more and more reclusive afraid to come outside even in my yard because being on 15th street with the 3rd precinct around the corner there was lots of police traffic.
Eventually I succumbed to the pressure. I moved to Baltimore and paid cash for a floppy house and now I hide in the house.
When I am outside I walk bent over like a much older man. I try to look frail. It was my athletic physical appearance from being a college athlete that was my link to the Black males that get out of federal prison well built. After years of working out with weights and eating starch food some inmates have an above average muscular appearance. This was the trigger because I kept myself in great physical shape all my life.
My life is over now my appearance deteriorated my business destroyed. In my case mission accomplished they destroyed me. It is almost seems I would be better off if I would go to prison now.
Michael Paysour @We see you. We hear you. And you matter! You are not alone and your story is helping others. It’s ok to hurt and it’s ok to start healing at the same time. Fight and show the youngins that you have the right to live! ❤️
Michael Paysour Brother don’t ever give up.
@@donchampyan8321I am finished. At least I didn't end up on the end of a rope or choke hold.
Michael Paysour I’m glad brother! I mean all things considered.. just the sad reality of America today.
Famous favorite go-to phrase: "there's been burglaries in the neighborhood... and car vandalism."
Or you fit the description, "gotta question someone who enjoys and actually makes up reasons to put other humans in cages," an og told me that in jail and I've spread his word for 10 years , the position of power in this country has been abused significantly and the ones in power are terrorists
The pubic does not trust the police because THEY ARE ALLOWED TO LIE TO YOU
same reason I've been given. After a while I started telling them they need to catch this guy that keep robbing these places near where I am. I used to even cut them off and say "let me guess. There was a robbery in the area?".
@Chuck Anya what the hell are you talking about? What does playing ball or arm chair quarterback have to do with what I wrote?
@Chuck Anya no worries. It was really confusing.
What a remarkable, brilliant speaker. He says so much in his revealing story.
ed o'toole u sound like a tool
@@jamespasquale273 fuck you!
Are you surprised?
There's also a bunch of around 152 other tools here I see.
*"YOU MEANT A "GREAT READER" RIGHT? IF IT'S "HIS TRUE STORY", WHY DOES HE NEED TO "READ IT" "*
Three black police officers were suspicious of a black man walking through an affluent neighborhood.
Sad
Very sad
Hard to believe they should be ashamed When will we unite and Love one another we are hebrews it's time to repent and ask Jesus in to our hearts time is running out Jackie
WTH😞
writereducator ...it was hard for them to imagine, and accept, another black man could attain what they never thought possible for themselves.
This is probably one of the most depressing stories about the United States that I've ever heard.. so very depressing.
But it is not unique , that is the point , go watch the Eric Garner tape, now that is depressing....
I've heard n seen worst
Really? How about slavery, reconstruction, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement?
Sad thing is black cops have family that go through this too.
WHEN THEY JOIN THAT GANG THEY NO LONGER BELONG TO THEIR BLACK FAMILY. THEY BECOME A BRAND NEW DEVIL.
Yes
Worse, black cops go through this when they take the uniform off and try to walk down the street, the only time it stops is when the white officer finally decides to believe that he REALLY is a cop
Cops morf into crazy irrational people when they put on that UNIFORM and GUN.
Right. WTF!
Takes a lot of character to tell such a story calmly. Professor or not.
He's also the head in the Federal prosecutor office.
It looks like you have privilege sure lol trumpet u are i can spot trump's puppets from a word away lmaooooo
@@jaysonmacks5533 Trumps a joke compared to me. I am a brahmin. Lol. Go figure. 😉
@@jaysonmacks5533 and what are you?
don't know about "character" per se, but it takes a LOT of patience; believe me, we get really TIRED of telling these fuqqin stories (even to each other).
5:11 They didn’t shoot you when you reached into your bag for the book? That is unlike the police.
Lol 😆
They knew he wasn't a threat after spending that time speaking with him. Their pride wouldn't let them get up and leave after realizing that they were wrong.
This could have ended badly had it been three white cops.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO
The Black guys knew he wasn't violent after talking to him. So there was no need to use force. They just wanted to harass him.
They were black cops. It they were white his story would be different, arrested or killed.
Besides being a professor Mr. Butler is also an ex Federal prosecutor. I've seen him many times and he's very good at explaining the law. Sorry he had this experience.
I hope when those officers went back to the station and abused their power to look him up (which they would have done, illegally), it gave them some serious food for thought when they saw who Paul is (but probably not).
Hahahahaha!
Produce your papers = 1938 Germany.
Rod McDonald based on the law we all are required to carry paper now - your photo will now have facial recognition.
White people don't generally get "racially" profiled
Rod McDonald this is not Germany my uncle's fight against Germany my father fought against Japan and against communism this is America it's supposed to be the land of the free member that word read the Constitution people
But we do get stopped - we just don't imagine we are mind readers.
Where is this law requiring you to carry it? Everyone says it but, I have yet to see this law.
i lived in an area where my house sold for$4500,000 i got stopped in my own house??! i got stopped mowing my lawn etc i had to go down to the local so they would know who i am so i would not get stopped getting into my own car in my driveway ??? and some 9 years later is it better??? oh for me yes i sold the house and moved to fabulous Puerto Rico
Keep exposing them, Mr. Paul!
Its not just racial profiling. Plain unbiased profiling exist as well. Like police profiling someone based on how they look or their past record. Police in this country are given too much power and not held accountable when they commit unacceptable crimes.
I was stopped because, according to the officer, my tint was way too dark. REAL REASON: He saw that I was a heavy metal fan, with metal stickers on the back of my windshield. When he looked up my ID, he found that I work closely with the police. Lol... Former Social Worker.... So, he took out a device, and pretended to test my tint, or something. After that, since he didn't have JACK SHIT, he let me go...wow lol.
What a shame. I had similar experiences and dealt with them the same way: defiant but articulate.
That happened to me regularly in Washington DC going to my house on 15th street. I have to show my Id walking, sitting. and driving. Everything I do is suspicious
I would not take my trash out without ID. I have been escorted from my neighborhood just five doors from my house.
I have been punched, while face down stopping at my face, even slammed into a brick wall. I had broken no laws and surprisingly they let me go. I learned going to complain or asking for a 1099 complaint form can get you arrested.
I know first hand breaking the law is not a prerequisite to going to jail. I received a small settlement. Which in no way was compensation for the business I lost.
I remember the officer plotting to charge me a unsolved murder. When he realized I had never been arrested he must have thought murder was a bridge to far. So he fell back on the ace in the hole. Felony threat against a police officer. This felony requires no evidence. In doing so I lost my FBI security clearance.
The business that I sacrifice years to build required a security clearance. I had contracts with the CIA, US Marshall Service, DEA, Federal Courts, and Treasury Department. I was so proud to be able to drive up on the Whitehouse Compound and Park my truck.
In the two years it took to get to mediation I lost all those business contracts. During that interim NASA. heard abour my services and called me. They offered me a job but needless to say I didn't pass the security clearance.
These attacks went on for four decades. Eventually I grew affraid to come out my house.
I became more and more reclusive afraid to come outside even in my yard because being on 15th street with the 3rd precinct around the corner there was lots of police traffic.
Eventually I succumbed to the pressure. I moved to Baltimore and paid cash for a floppy house and now I hide in the house.
When I am outside I walk bent over like a much older man. I try to look frail. It was my athletic physical appearance from being a college athlete that was my link to the Black males that get out of federal prison well built. After years of working out with weights and eating starch food some inmates have an above average muscular appearance. This was the trigger because I kept myself in great physical shape all my life.
My life is over now my appearance deteriorated my business destroyed. In my case mission accomplished they destroyed me. It is almost seems I would be better off if I would go to prison now.
Defiant? We people have rights in this country.
I did it too, but it doesn’t count, cuz I’m white.
I LOVE the way he handled himself, and yes it’s even worse when black cops, judges & the like oppress blacks, when they KNOW full well how badly we’re already systematically treated. It’s sickening.
Brilliant! It's like they are either PAID to harass,intimidate their own, ENJOY their position of being a HOUSESLAVE,or too AFRAID of losing their position because of intimidation or threats to them or their jobs. Either way,they are SICKENING.
Happened to me so many times i cant count
my guess is that isn't saying much
Sad but that is our lot in life.
Me too. Join the boat Adonai Z. This story is a perfect example of why I never leave home without clipping my discrete bodycam on the front straps of my backpack whether, in a car, public transportation or walking on the streets as anything can happen in a NYC moment or in this case a DC moment where Mr. Paul was stopped by police.
😢
GET A CAM
Here is some incredible news. Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland Police Officer, has been hired as a part time police officer in Southern Ohio. In case this name is not familar, Loehmann is the man that shot and killed 12 year old Tamir Rice. This boy was shot and killed 2 seconds after arriving on the scene for playing with a toy gun. Bellaire, Ohio is the town that hired this person. He was about to be fired from his first police department of Independence, Ohio before he resigned. His assessment by his training officer said that he was not competent in communicating his orders and the handling of the use of deadly force. His Independence training officer noted that no amount of training would improve his performance. He was hired by Cleveland without revealing his evaluation by the previous department. This was the grounds for him being fired by Cleveland. He is now legally carrying a gun and was defended by the Bellaire Police Chief. Let's see what businesses are in this town and do a economic boycott. Copy and paste this comment.
I live in Cleveland. The city which hired that officer receded offer of employment because of Internet backlash good job you all .
Bravo to this gentleman and he is a gentleman The idiots trying to get his goat should learn a lesson on how to be a real man Bravo to you Sir
He should be in prison for killing that young boy.
Thank God u actually lived to tell the story. I'm so sorry u had to go thru such an ordeal. God bless u
When they say they know everybody in the neighborhood, they're lying. I have lived in a community for 19 years and even I don't know everybody.
I'm Caucasian and this has happened to me.
Wow, listening to this fellow, he recounts a second incident that happened to me. Right there in Harlem at 125th street and about 8th avenue with my new (used) car that was about 3 years from its rollout from the auto plant. They asked if they could search my car. I had nothing to hide, so I said yeah. They searched it right there with traffic moving and tour buses whizzing by. I wanted to be invisible because they were very exhaustive. They looked in places I didn't know my car had, including pull out air/water suction ducts around the car doors. When they were done, I could never get my air suction materials around the rear door back into the factory positions. I regretted ever saying yes. I no longer do. When you deny this, all they do is waste another 30 minutes ofyour time by calling a K-9 unit. Fucking insane waste of my time.
Not to mention the possibility that they may plant something. I say refuse when it's prudent to do so.
Next time don't allow them to search your car even if you don't anything to hid its very risky haven't you watching videos cops planting drugs in people's cars?silence and not answering questions is the best most effective method
The blue gang is a waste of time period, I've been out of crime for so long but shit like this makes me happy everytime a cop goes down, it sad it's like a public fight between cops and society and its fucked but the gangs are the only ones who stand up to them and fight for the citizens.
I wonder if they would vandalize a rental car this way. I guess not as I suspect this is retaliatory on their part.
At least you learned from it
Very, very sad. As a person, I apologise that you were treated that way
This is why NFL players kneel.
EXACTLY. I will never stand up for their Rascist flag and anthem ✌️
The profiling has nothing to do with disrespecting the flag and thus the nation that gives you more than any other nation.
4x4Scout It’s obvious that you’re completely unfamiliar with what it feels like to be profiled, completely unfamiliar with American history, and completely misinformed on the whole issue around NFL players kneeling.
4x4Scout The more you say, the more you demonstrate ignorance. It’s obvious that you’re a low income, blue collar, poorly educated white male Trump supporter who harbors resentment against black people, Hispanics, immigrants, and women and lacks the mental capacity to engage in intellectual debate.It’s easy to detect your mindless stench from a mile away.
@@larryg9274 And the more you say the more ignorant and stupid you look. Typical of some murdering Killery supporter to make such broad, ignorant and totally WRONG assumptions. There are all kinds of races in my immediate family and historically as well from native American to African American. If you can think of a race in this country we probably have some of it. Always known it but my daughters foray into genetics when she had us submit genetic samples for evaluation proved it. My father was a teacher, my grandparents were teachers with masters and BS degrees. My sister and her husband are both dentists and I have a BS degree in Nursing, with hobbies in computers, CNC and automotive engineering etc.
I would have to say that judging by your ridiculous assumptions and accusations you yourself probably have a 6th grade education at best. As for Trump, well he wasn't my first choice and there are a lot of things I don't like about him but he has done surprisingly well. His performance has impressed me quite a bit as it also has a few die hard democrat friends. With no other options come voting time I really didn't feel like I had a choice. Hilliary was just a freaking scary option and literally the last person I would pick in this whole country. And after the guilty till proven innocent crap the democrats pushed during the Kavanaugh hearings I'm to scared to ever vote democrat. Probably will last for years. Their strategy choices alone show how unhinged they are. They seem really self serving and out of touch with reality. Not someone I want in office. You can go to the slums in any major city and find more honest less hypocritical people than the democrats in office right now today.
If they wear the same gang colors, then it doesn't matter what color they are.
I love the way he spoke! Very touching 🥺😢.My heart breaks for all the injustices that you must endure and then some! Thank you, God for taking our weaknesses & shining us into diamonds.Your strength, love, empathy & joy is contagious. Hugsz to all 🥰
This is shocking and infuriating. No people have a right to harass others and accuse them of crimes, even if they have uniforms.
This is neither shocking nor infuriating, this is America. This is America's "greatness" on display.
Intimidation tactic number one-Shine a light in their faces.
You're also a vulnerable person when your on your own. And they know it.
Officer: you're being detained
YOU: what for...
Officer: radio's for backup. Within seconds 4 officers surround you.
Bull$h!t time.
I am an Alaskan Native Indian. My Great Grandmother spoke releasing a Blessing and prayer over me , my 2 younger brothers and 1 sister. I did not understand at the time how powerful and significant impact this act of Faith and transference of blessings this would have on my life. Although I did experience so much trUma and abuses. I believe my Great Grandmother invoking prayer preserved me and my brothers and sister from dying prematurely. I since have learned the power of prayer. I learned to practice daily repentance for my sinful thoughts, attitudes. Sins transgressions and generational iniquities passed down through my bloodline. The iniquities passed through the bloodline are what the devil uses to accuse us and uses these unconfessed iniquities as a legal right to cause all kinds of havoc in the life of a Person who has not confessed or acknowledged ,and repented of their sins transgressions and bloodline iniquities. Repenting closes the door to the accuser of the Bretheren. Opens up the door for Jesus to intervene and cleanse away any former permission granted to the accuser /Satan.
Released blessings are then flowing to us.
We then become a blessed person and not a person who formerly lived under the curse!
May Great Spirit being you heap deer, heap fish, in Happy Hunting Ground
This man is an outstanding person
He’s magical!
What a class act. I have to admire any man,regardless of color,who does not panic,but also treats the officers with some respect.
Isn't that the point. Why doesn't anyone see that they are really doing their job? It's not about whether you are stopped, it's about how you respond. There is responsibility on both sides.
Well this is easier said than done though I agree it is not only an admirable trait but an act of wisdom That however is still no excuse for harrassment from the socalled public servants
@@jeannettewright3814 They're not just doing their jobs They harassed a law abiding citizen all the while already knowing that was his home So what happens when you are wrongfully harrassed in this manner by socalled public servants Will your response be they're just doing their jobs ? Have you or anyone you know ever walked down a public street ?
@Jeanette Wright
Perhaps, but police are the ones who are authorized to carry a deadly weapon, trained in its use, and who will generally face little to no consequence should they decide to put said tool to use.
As such, they should be held to a higher standard of responsibility than an average citizen.
I as a civilian with no legal training should not be on call to be professional, courteous, and respectful, regardless of circumstance or violation of my rights, at any moment that an officer decides to approach me, on pain of detainment, fines, or even death.
And you may feel that those are fringe cases, but the fact that they have happened repeatedly is a problem in and of itself
The lady who make a comment about why they stop them and they just they just doing the job she's full of Bologna cuz they have no business stopping any black man just because he's black they don't stop any black men any white man when they walk in the streets they actually say hi to him
This man was my Criminal Procedure professor in law school in the early 90's, and I neither possessed the maturity nor open-mindedness to listen to him fully. Still, he had an effect on me, and I think about him a lot--even though I haven't talked to him in nearly 30 years.
This is a shame and disgrace in the year 2019
@John Smith - That makes it SO much better . . . .
This is business as usual
John Smith actually I think he said this event took place in 1997 or something close to that year.
I was stopped and question for taking groceries into my house. They told me they received a call of suspicious activity. Then asked me for ID. I asked them were they serious while looking at them like they lost their damn minds. Here I am, garage door open, car trunk open, rear passenger side door open, my 11 year son taking bags back and forth into the house, keys dangling from the front door lock and yet they need proof that I live at the residence. Long story short, I laughed and continued unloading my car. Once I was done. I pulled my car into the my garage, exited close the garage door, went into my house and closed the door behind me without saying a single word. They continue to say sir we need to see some proof the entire time.
Outrageous and courageous. Thank you for sharing.
This happened to me once. Was walking to my building along exclusive long driveway entrance. Cop car drives slowly behind me. I keep walking at my same pace, make the round around the elongated driveway and deliberately walk into the garage (and not the lobby) by using the garage door opener. Cop car presumably disappears.
What would have happened if your only entrance was at the back of your house.
Thank you for sharing this. I am so sorry you had to deal with the situation.
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I don't think that I know of ANY black men who don't have similar stories.
Yep your right . Some black women understand and some dont because it's most white men's fantasy to be with a black woman so police generally will treat sisters better as they are not seen as a treat.
Black women get it yoo
Paul : (pointed at his house) do you guys know who lives there ?
Cops: Yes, we do
Me: 😂😂😂
But still asking if he lives there and for ID. Dunce officers.
I'm seeing this for the first time here on 1/7/19 and its sad. May God have Mercy on us all. We're in trouble down here Lord.
I've Been the Victim of Burglary and Its A Super TERRIBLE Feeling to have an Unwelcomed person inside your home.
My Point Is: I wish those over Zealous Cops would've Stopped the person(s) entering My Home in California
I'm in SC and I wish the same thing. My house and my daughters apartment, the same night
Thanks for sharing your experience. An African American staff of mine told me a story when she was walking on a public street, she said "hi" to a group of white people. They said nothing back but a long, glaring silence towards her. She told me she never felt so afraid in her life while I provided her empathy with a listening ear. I no longer associate in that region/town because I demonstrate with action my principles and values on top of believing in them.
Must've been in Mississippi, Alabama, or Arkansas because they've got a reputation for racism
9 years ago... and now we are here
These cops knew he lived their when they ran his plate number on his car.
He had walked away from his broken down car.
My brothers keeper Didn’t he say he walked away from his car ?
Well he said this happened in 1997 I believe
My brothers keeper they didn’t know his name 🤦🏽♂️
How..he was on foot....lol
These stories need to get told no matter how uncomfortable it is for some people to hear. Stay Woke, My Friend.
Happened to me in Georgetown on the way to Safeway at 2am.They said that there had been a lot of break ins in the neighborhood. I told them, I went to school here, Georgetown U. I said, I didn't know it was illegal to walk down the street. I kind of get why they suspected me. They have no way of finding out things without questions and investigating. They were civil enough. It's the ones that are thugs that concern me. Because I once had a white lady demand I get off the phone, also in Georgetown and when I refused. She hung it up for me. I told her she could end up a news story assaulting strange men. She lied to a cop who said he was her friend. He confronted me and told me to get off the phone. Asked me what happened and said if I ever said something again to his friend, he would put me in the back of a paddy wagon and take the long way back to the station.
None the less in this incident. One searched me and started pulling things out of my backpack. I stood stone still. It intimidated them. Four showed up in total.
Then, one said, 'come here, put your stuff back in your backpack.' I walked over to the cruisers hood, put my things back in. Watching me, one said, 'I'll see you in jail.' I told him, 'you will never see me in jail. I, put people in jail.' This shut them all up. He kept his fist near his side like a stunted fist bump. I obliged. Shook anothers hand, saluted the 3rd and said, 'have a good night gentleman.' A 4th drove by as I walked away. He said, 'If I were you. I'd find another place to go. The next officer that stops you might not be so nice.'
So you should thank them for harassing you? Did you give them permission to search your backpack?
@@krane15 They were embarassed enough. They don't know who I am. Now they do. Easy in, easy out. They can now go find the bad guys, or waste manpower, resources and wake up the neighborhood, blocking off the streets and everyone wondering what the hell? Because I want to say, " I'm a citizen, I know my rights, I ain't showing you nothing." Hilarious decision. I WANT them to find the bad guy. Not mistake me for him. Now? When they see me and call in? They say, 'It's him. No biggie. Move on.'
@@-----Disciple----------- Its not just big, its major. Those right that you feel is "no biggie" didn't always exist. People that came before us had to fight and in many cases die so we could enjoy them. At least give credit to those still brave enough to fight to maintain them. As you can clearly see, nobody will just give you your rights if they can get away with doing otherwise. You have to demand them. And never tell anyone to cower away because its easier. The moment you do that, you lose, and they win.
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I have no idea where you got 'rights are no biggie'. You proceed from a false premise. Also, you used words that I said and added a variable to them so I have no counterargument. Because you are arguing a foreign concept to what I said. Your explanation is incongruous to my handling of the situation.
"Black police showing out for the white cop" NWA
Unbelievable
This is just wrong, very wrong.
Robert Prestandrea it happens all the time. I’ve had my own personal misgivings with law enforcement officers. In my situations as a young Man growing up in DC. You didn’t trust the police. Professor Butler was a former prosecutor. He knew exactly what his rights were. I had a similar incident almost 25 years ago in Arlington, Virginia , south and west of Washington, DC.
I was detained by an Arlington, Virginia police officer. Because I fit the profile of suspected burglar of a federal post office. My picture was taken with a Polaroid camera. I handed the officer my identification and he went to his unmarked to see if I had any pending charges. The officer let me go home. I was about a block away from my condominium.
When I got home. I immediately wrote down everything that happened. I had the officers badge number and name. The officer was white, treated me with respect and wasn’t abusive or anything negative. I kept thinking. The officer was considerate, deliberate and acted if this was a routine thing. I soon found out . It was. I wrote letters to Arlington county officials, I wrote to the police chief, the governor, my congressmen, my senator, my local municipal mayor, the head of the local NAACP, as well as the urban league.
The most interesting thing occurred within six months. Everyone wrote me back. It was investigated. It so happened that Arlington County law enforcement took pictures of young black men as they exited the subway stops in Arlington. You have at least 7 or 8 metro subway stations in Arlington. That year. The Washington Post wrote a scathing expose on the practices of Arlington County police and its picture taking technique.
I received letters of apology from then Governor Douglas Wilder(the country’s first black governor), the police chief, whose letter was pretty defensive. Most importantly. I received back the Polaroid picture. A officer showed up at my condominium and apologized to me personally.
We have many, many years to go in this country before we make any deep in roads to racism, police profiling, and our criminal justice system. I’m not one to blanket all police officers. Many of my friends who are black. Went on to careers in law enforcement throughout the DC and Baltimore region. Yes. The blue Wall is real. My experience tells me. Good policing begins with leadership. The state of Virginia is a divided state like many of this nations states. Northern Virginia alone has transformed into a model for 21sr century race relations. The DC area has the highest concentration of black professionals in the nation. Simply because the federal government is seated here. But we have our bad actors. The culture begins with leadership. If leadership and the police departments set the example. As in my case. You have officers who understand that they have to answer to someone who is going to hold them accountable.
Virginia and Maryland are blue states. They are a work in progress. You can’t get anymore liberal than the District of Columbia. They are a work in progress. What does that say about RED state America? We have a lot of work ahead of us.
Edward Glass - Why were they taking polaroid pictures? You'd think seeing ID would be enough. That's a long time ago, before I was born so I'm probably missing something.
This happened to me in Arlington VA. 5 Arlington police officers did not believe I reside in Arlington since I refused to show them my ID
This man is an inspiration. If only everyone could be as level headed, yet also succinctly let the corrupt police know "this isn't going to go the way you thought" then maybe we can start going in the right way with police/public relations (I'm white and the same things have happened to me many times because where I live, it's everyone that's suspect to police, and once it starts to reach everywhere, God help us)
jay, i'm white and have been harassed by police more than once also. it's not just racial, this profiling. this excess of suspicion and policing.
@@terrygerych7327 I sincerely believe you. I think you really get it. But you're a rare bird. This is a way of life for Black men.
Where do you live?
This story is a perfect example of why I never leave home without clipping my discrete bodycam on the front straps of my backpack whether, in a car, public transportation or walking on the streets as anything can happen in a NYC moment or in this case a DC moment.
Great facts and stories. I retired after working 30-years for a public K-12th school district in Southern Calif. We had many racists teachers and administrators who were supposedly cloaked in good deeds.
MITS _ yet you still worked for thirty years... money must have been good or u would have worked at a all black school
I had the same thing happen to me in NJ, I would be walking down the street and I would get stopped and 3 cars would roll up on me with cherries on asking for my ID. My neighbors would all be lookin out the window like I had done something. I would refuse to give them my ID because I was just walking down the street minding my business, Finally one of the Cops I know would show up and be like oh that's Brian leave him alone. I literally had to go down to the police station confront the Sargent on duty and ask him to spread the word that a black dude lives around this area and if you see him walking leave him alone. Never had a problem again.
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You meant to say:" This is not South Africa BEFORE 1994".
Eloquent, insightful, and more. A voice I could listen and learn from all day.
Deeply disturbing story. I can only imagine how it could have ended differently.
It's a sad cycle brother at least you have a stage to tell your story on .. what we have is called the gift and the curse... BLESSINGS
I wall beaten in my own house!! That I bought! It happened Aug.23. I was in jail from Fri-Mon. Today is Sept.6, 2019. I'm still in serious pain!!
Lady D try advil
I am a 60 year old white person and I know this might mean much but I am deeply sorry that things like that RE happening. When I was brought my father tried to make me a racist but all he did is make me open my eyes and realize that there is nothing different between black, white or any other color of any other person in the world. I felt bad for my father because he didn't open his eyes until my sister married an African American, He had just had his 57th birthday and he lost out on makinging alot of really nice people. My best friend that I met in 1978 is also African American and the thing is I never saw it that way because it never mattered. I would not be the man I am now if it wasn't for him. That's why after watching your video it touched a nerve. NOBODY buy nobody has the right to be a racist anywhere in the WORLD! WE all all HUMAN BEINGS and if they can't adapt by now then they need to find another world because this is taken and WE OUT NUMBER THEM!
One police station needs to be sued into bankruptcy,then this bull sh stops! No other police station would do this again!!
It's been done LEO needs there own insurance they have to obtain the more lawsuits the higher they pay not the people the same was done to doctor's to get rid of the bad
I would sue the police force
Moe Eckersley thank u oprah
I’m embarrassed to be white when I hear a story like this.
Why? These were blue niggas conducting unlawful harassment of a citizen walking home. I don't give two phucks about a person's color, class or origin if their not breaking any laws then the blue mercenaries can circle jerk or pound sand. This man should great strength and character.
Don't be embarrassed.
The cops in question are black
Sorry that happened to you.
I'm a senior citizen white woman who lives in a small city. Thank you for educating me.
SO SAD
Yeah racism can be a very sad thing..
Lord.. help us..so sad...I am tired of Black men been profiled ...its not fair...this is an abuse of authority..
Years ago, I can remember being pulled over by the cops. I lived in Chicago at the time. I had just got back from Afghanistan and was employed at the railroad. Anyhow, I asked the police, " Why are you stopping me?" The female cop says, " It's cold outside and you have your window down." I said, " Whaaattt??".. She says, " Yeah, there have been a few drive bys in this area. Can we search your car?"... I replied, " No. Call a sector sergeant please." The two cops looked at each other and then said that I was free to go. This is a very true story. Unfortunately.
This is 2022 and I still can't believe that we're still dealing with this..........
Pitiful!!! Keep up the good fight.
It’s sooo disturbing that once you join their gang.... You feel as if you’re one of them. But as soon as you’re out of uniform you’re back to being one of us. Prime example of How to make a modern day Slave
Outrageous police violation of this innocent man - makes my blood boil! Cops like this should be booted out of the country as they do not belong in a democracy - see how they like that! Alternatively jailed until they are reprogramed about rights and freedoms!
The cop where black what the fuck
excellently told, you could see the emotion plain as day that the memory brought up, thank you for telling your story. i hope it never happens again.
Bravo ! Well done ! I thank G-D you survived this so routine confrontation for every Black man I knew growing up . It has been for too many the vestibule to the home of hate for police officers , melination not withstanding , and to careers in crime which would put them in their adolescent years in violent contact with any sort of legal authority.
This is sad but true . I know men who served in combat obeying every order given to them regardless to the harm they might receive . They witnessed the non - John Wayne - Ronald Reagan white men crying and hulking down under fire while these Black teenaged soldiers fought their behinds off. Then they are honorably discharged back to civilian life only to be profiled by police while driving , walking , and standing. In many of these encounters the men were battered by the police and then charged with assault , battery and
" nonviolent " resisting arrest . The last charge consists of talking after being told to " shut your mouth , you dont question us ."
The difference in today's world and the last 75 years are communications. At one time we thought these mishaps depended upon the city one was in . We now bear witness that it depends upon the skin one is in .
I got pull over for driving too slow in the middle lane on 85 so in NC.
I can't win to save my life.
The gun and drugs questions, then have you been arrested lately. What??
A great story.
This reminds me of my NEIGHBORHOOD ( Governors lake way)in Simpsonville,s.c. where police was not called but just as worse. While I was on my daily walk, A resident who lives in house #64 ran out towards me YELLING " PRIVATE PROPERTY, PRIVATE PROPERTY ". the neighbor next door came out spoke to ( #64 ) and informed him that I had lived or moved in the community on or about the same time frame. While they were talking I turned and walked away. My wife was approached twice in one week, our Son whom had lived with us during the first year and a half of living in this community was also approached. I feel some what uneasy since then about this neighborhood to the point of NOW I CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON TO PROTECT MY FAMILY AND MY SELF AT ALL TIMES. "WELCOME TO THE HOOD", RESPECTFULLY
...my issue is "homeschooling while black" in 2019...
... and more than a decade later, still taking place today, sad to say.
Happens all the time
Dr. Joseph Grant III and u know this how??
They were haten just because he's a educated black man, living in a nice neighborhood.
It’s so sad that this continues to happen and there is no consequence for these police officers.
They should be absolutely ashamed of themselves but sadly these cops will go to work tomorrow and do it all again and who knows the may decide to escalate the situation
No apologies from the cops, just look at him and at the neighbors back up get in their cars and drive away ---- Just like that, the cops drive away. How very sad and disgusting.
This is deep~
Intellectually appealing ..... Professional by nature... Love this channel already.
WWB. A dangerous game.
That happened to me regularly in Washington DC going to my house on 15th street. I have to show my Id walking, sitting. and driving. Everything I do is suspicious
I would not take my trash out without ID. I have been escorted from my neighborhood just five doors from my house.
I have been punched, while face down stopping at my face, even slammed into a brick wall. I had broken no laws and surprisingly they let me go. I learned going to complain or asking for a 1099 complaint form can get you arrested.
I know first hand breaking the law is not a prerequisite to going to jail. I received a small settlement. Which in no way was compensation for the business I lost.
I remember the officer plotting to charge me a unsolved murder. When he realized I had never been arrested he must have thought murder was a bridge to far. So he fell back on the ace in the hole. Felony threat against a police officer. This felony requires no evidence. In doing so I lost my FBI security clearance.
The business that I sacrifice years to build required a security clearance. I had contracts with the CIA, US Marshall Service, DEA, Federal Courts, and Treasury Department. I was so proud to be able to drive up on the Whitehouse Compound and Park my truck.
In the two years it took to get to mediation I lost all those business contracts. During that interim NASA. heard abour my services and called me. They offered me a job but needless to say I didn't pass the security clearance.
These attacks went on for four decades. Eventually I grew affraid to come out my house.
I became more and more reclusive afraid to come outside even in my yard because being on 15th street with the 3rd precinct around the corner there was lots of police traffic.
Eventually I succumbed to the pressure. I moved to Baltimore and paid cash for a floppy house and now I hide in the house.
When I am outside I walk bent over like a much older man. I try to look frail. It was my athletic physical appearance from being a college athlete that was my link to the Black males that get out of federal prison well built. After years of working out with weights and eating starch food some inmates have an above average muscular appearance. This was the trigger because I kept myself in great physical shape all my life.
My life is over now my appearance deteriorated my business destroyed. In my case mission accomplished they destroyed me. It is almost seems I would be better off if I would go to prison now.
Michael Paysour - what a horrible litany of injustice and evil!!! What can one say in response to your experiences? Words are so impotent, at times. My heart goes out to you. Don’t let the bstrds drag you down ! ! ! The world SHOULDN’T be like that - unfortunately, the reality is that it IS like that. All of us must do all we can to change this sick reality. The people of the USA need to get it together and vote out that megalomaniac who presently resides in the White House ! ! ! And when you do, be ready for a fight that will destroy your country. ‘Cause Trump’s not gonna go down easily. He’s a mean bully with waaaaay too much power! I pray to God to protect your country, whichever way the election goes, ‘cause either way it’s not gonna be good.
I pray for you Michael - May you truly find some peace and contentment in your life. You don’t deserve the “place” where you now are. Lift up your head and step out. God be with you when you do.
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I realize that this is an older post, but I am none the less sorry for what happened to you. This and similar issues are not isolated occurrences for black people in America. The structural systems of racism continue to oppress our progress and safety in this country. Professor Paul Butler, thank you for the story and ability to have this discussion.
It’s great to know your rights, but from my experience sometimes it’s safe to bend for the winds sadly
Tell that to those that died so that you could enjoy them. Our generation takes so much for granted.
This man is so intelligent and incredibly calm and put together. Shame on these officers.
This guy was a U.S. Attorney.
SamBlue affirmative action
This should have been named,"profiled on my own street, by my own people"
How many of you guys were harassed since middle school? How many of you had guns pointed toward your face countless of times and were told that you will be killed if you even breathe wrong? I know all of this happened to me. Many encounters from black cops were messed up too. Sometimes they act worse to prove to another cop of another race that they are blue through and through.
Neg Ayisien mmmmm what did u do to cause this???
cant even count how many times I have been pulled over just to "verify" if I am the owner of an expensive car!
They called for backup....LOL
Yeah, cause they don’t know if professor crybaby has a weapon
"Paul Delano Butler is an American lawyer, former prosecutor, and current law professor of Georgetown University Law Center. He is a leading criminal law scholar" and is a frequent contributor on MSNBC and CNN.
I'm white and my heart is breaking watching this. This is wrong in so many ways. Please, come and live in my country. You can walk anywhere without being stopped and interrogated. I promise.
Stopped in my neighborhood too. I was stopped because I "looked suspicious"...guns drawn. Came home late after a high school football game...
Great 👍 gentleman. I love ❤️ you on tv news. God bless you Amen 🙏🏻 🇵🇷🇺🇸🙏🏻.
My son is a you g black man and yes we live in NC ..scared me everyday when he drives or alone ..I cannot protect him..what do you do in this situation???
STELLA Brackelmanns Ask why stopped. Produce license on demand... yes sir no sir suffice, their doing their job...
And here we are 8 years later, nothing has changed and it is getting worse!
I won’t say it is getting worst. It may seem worst because most people have phone cameras and are eager to use it.
@@donovanbair2647 It has always been this way, uncaught, but thanks to cell phones nowadays, more police crimes are being recorded.
Why didn't they say anything about the "break ins" at the beginning?!