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A teenager in Wisconsin was handcuffed and detained by local police while headed home from church with his grandmother after passerby told cops he was robbing her. Akil Carter, 18, was detained for six minutes Sunday after his grandmother’s blue Lexus was pulled over by officers of the Wauwatosa Police Department. Wauwatosa Police Capt. Brian Zalewski said that an officer on patrol had been flagged down by a black couple who claimed two black men had just robbed a white woman, and were sitting in the back of a blue Lexus. Zalewski said the couple pointed out the car, which was then pulled over by an officer in a “non-approach traffic stop.†He added that the citizen who reported the incident did not stick around to give a formal statement as requested by officers. Video footage of the incident shows police pulling over the Lexus and demanding Carter exit with his hands up. He does, and eventually begins walking backward to where the patrol vehicle is located. After the officer asks his grandmother if everything is OK, she informs them that Carter is her grandson and that they’re headed back to her house from church.
“I’m guessing what this sounds like is a really big misunderstanding. I’m not exactly quite sure what’s going on,†the officer tells him as Carter explains that the car’s driver is a friend of his grandmother, and his grandma is the front seat passenger. He is eventually allowed to leave the vehicle. Carter’s attorney Joy Bertrand told that she believes her client was harassed, and has requested all documents relating to the stop, including dispatch records. She said that her team has yet to receive the documents, but will be able to better determine if officers had any reasonable suspicion to conduct the car stop once they do. “We’re really trying to give the police the benefit of the doubt with this,†she said. “(But) nothing they’ve disclosed to the press helps them. The officer’s explanation is so strange. It really points to the question of, ‘What is your motivation?’â€
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Notice how they were compliant and nobody got shot or even roughed up? Strange…
I can completely understand the stop but the second she says he’s the grandson you should immediately let him go no more questions unless they voluntarily stay. Failure should make it kidnapping. They are not above the law
If it happens that he's completely nervous and can't comply to officers command because of tense and then got shot, I don't think If we still need someone who would protect us.
Cops in america are big mistake..arrest the caller
Wow what a big difference to the conclusion of this story when the protagonist doesnt resist a police check in the police state
xoxo love from asia <3
WOW! blame it on the black person that told him. the Lies lie lies. You see our people beeeeen getting harass for nothing.
Black folks absolutely HATE when white people adopt black kids. Pure spitefull
See, comply and you don't get shot.
Hopefully he'll become a real villain and teach the racist nation a good lesson
That car isn’t even a Lexus… fucking idiot cops.
That's messed up
A guy in Ronaldinho's shirt doesn't want to hurt anyone. hahahahha🇧🇷
On top of what everyone has already said, my question is why was he still in handcuffs after it was determined he hadn’t committed a crime?
I feel bad for both sides on this, for the kid, his Grandma, and for the police who were lied to and made to look like assholes.
The grandma wasn’t even helping her grandchild, so pathetic….. now if he would’ve went to jail it would’ve been her fault for not stepping in
It could have gone so much worse for her grandson just because he is black. Some police officers can be racist. Good thing nothing happened to him.
These types of situations happen more than you think.
He complied and he's still alive 👌 good for him.
he never saw the caller so how does he know he was black? the caller left the scene reporting to the news. i doubt that the caller said something like. hi im black and have to make a report…
Why did they need his details. He should of been let go straight away with profound APOLOGIES- this is disgusting
Cop's make up BS when they know they have F'ed up!!
Oops. My bad.
cop pulled his gun out quickly 🤦ðŸ¾â€â™‚ï¸ðŸ¤¦ðŸ¾â€â™‚ï¸ðŸ¤¦ðŸ¾â€â™‚ï¸
The police are some big ass LIARS! Show the dash cam video that shows a black guy coming to them saying that lady is being robbed. If that guy would have made any wrong movements, he could have been killed. The grandma should have yelled out from the beginning that he was her grandson.
I think this black man made a great amazing discovery about how not to get shot by cops. Cooperation. He should really spread the word.
Cop was still trying to find a motive to arrest the kid
Cop is lying
jeeze i feel bad for that kid he looks like hes going to start crying
Text book how it's done. Everyone's polite and nobody goes track star and nobody gets SHOT.
You can just see this crush this kids soul man.
PROFILING?
That boy could've died that day.
Wow! 😬 not a good look
Sad…..
The female cop is a disgusting feminist pig
The story that the cop gave the grandma was absolute bullshit. These are the typical lies cops come up with. They have no shame or morals
He didn’t need to give any info to those cops.
This Officer owed this young man an apology!!!!!!
This video breaks my heart.
You ain't getting my name after that, ID thirsty ass pig.Quit asking him questions, let him go.
Smh this is crazy, that was his grandmother. Cops these days are so trigger happy
Wow this means all cops are evil and racist
Not even an apology to the guy? Damn. Wtf.
I wanna know why they didn't cancel out more info this whole thing is messed up