More black men need to bring their cell-phones to these police interactions. The rest of us have to see this shit with our own eyes before we’ll begin to understand the rage that simmers beneath the headlines:
Update: the police department defended the interaction:
Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe said Sunday that the deputy acted properly, and took exception to bloggers and social media commenters who he said took the video out of context, and didn’t bother checking to get the rest of the story.
“The store that called about the man has been robbed multiple times in the last year,” McCabe said. “In addition, employees have been robbed while making deliveries. According to the caller, this man was walking back and forth in front of the store five or six times.
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