Shocking video captured the moment an armed black business owner who called 911 to report a robbery in his store in Alabama was punched in the face by a responding police officer who mistook him for a suspect.
Surveillance footage from the March 15 altercation at Star Spirits & Beverages in Decatur began circulating on social media over the weekend amid protests over police brutality and racism following the death of George Floyd.
The store's owner, 47-year-old Kevin Penn, had told 911 dispatchers that he was holding a shoplifter at gunpoint.
At a press conference on Monday, Decatur Police Chief Nate Allen acknowledged that the responding officer, who has not been named, punched Penn because he thought he was the shoplifter.
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Darwinism. Cops aren't exactly at the head of the evolutionary line
ReplyDeleteAnyone of sound mind knows this is a possibility in all the mayhem that was going on. Police aren't psychics. They can't go in and politely ask who's who.
ReplyDeleteNo, they all look alike,that's why.
ReplyDelete50-50 chance...c'mon now.
ReplyDeletePolice walk in after being told that the shop owner is holding the shoplifter at gun point. Police walk in and don't know he's the owner. No gun in hand, running his mouth. I wonder why they thought he was the criminal?
ReplyDeleteUmm didn’t you see him put the gun down once he saw the police coming...and attempting to empty the clip to be safe around the cops???
DeleteWhat in the actual F is wrong with some of these cops? I get that people are getting more and more out of hand, but this behavior by people who are supposed to be trained to diffuse situations is reprehensible and grotesque. Changes do need to be made!
ReplyDeleteJust a matter of time before one of you jerks accuses the shop keeper of having a police record and deserved to have his jaw busted.
ReplyDeleteThe dispatcher gives the description...correct ..???
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