Michigan cop stops black man for walking with his hands in his pocketsBy Yahoo! Canada News | Daily Buzz – 3 hours ago
We’ve all heard the racial profiling cliché of ‘driving while black.’Apparently it’s been extended to ‘walking with your hands in your pockets while black.’Brandon McKean, an African-American man in Pontiac, Michigan, found that out the hard way while going for a stroll on U.S. Thanksgiving.During his walk, he was stopped by a white police officer asking what he was up to. McKean captured the ensuing conversation on video, which he uploaded to YouTube and Facebook.“You were walking by … you were making people nervous,” the unidentified officer says. “They said you had your hands in your pockets.”Whoa, stop the presses right there. His hands were in his pockets? No kidding that’s some suspicious behaviour. Particularly since the high temperature in Pontiac on the day the video was posted was 1 C.“Wow, walking by, having your hands in your pockets makes people nervous to call the police when it’s snowing outside?” McKean asks.“Yeah,” the officer responds calmly. After pulling out an iPhone to record his side of the conversation, he explains that “we do have a lot of robberies, so I’m just checking on you.”Clearly the lessons of Ferguson, Missouri are not being learned in other areas of the United States.https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/michigan-cop-stops-black-man-for-walking-with-his-hands-in-his-pockets-182341678.html
Michigan cop stops black man for walking with his hands in his pocketsBy Yahoo! Canada News | Daily Buzz – 3 hours ago
We’ve all heard the racial profiling cliché of ‘driving while black.’Apparently it’s been extended to ‘walking with your hands in your pockets while black.’Brandon McKean, an African-American man in Pontiac, Michigan, found that out the hard way while going for a stroll on U.S. Thanksgiving.During his walk, he was stopped by a white police officer asking what he was up to. McKean captured the ensuing conversation on video, which he uploaded to YouTube and Facebook.“You were walking by … you were making people nervous,” the unidentified officer says. “They said you had your hands in your pockets.”Whoa, stop the presses right there. His hands were in his pockets? No kidding that’s some suspicious behaviour. Particularly since the high temperature in Pontiac on the day the video was posted was 1 C.“Wow, walking by, having your hands in your pockets makes people nervous to call the police when it’s snowing outside?” McKean asks.“Yeah,” the officer responds calmly. After pulling out an iPhone to record his side of the conversation, he explains that “we do have a lot of robberies, so I’m just checking on you.”Clearly the lessons of Ferguson, Missouri are not being learned in other areas of the United States.https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/michigan-cop-stops-black-man-for-walking-with-his-hands-in-his-pockets-182341678.html