Police in Michigan apologize to black man stopped after white woman said he looked at her suspiciously
By TIM BALK
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
AUG 15, 2019
Police in Royal Oak, Mich., issued an apology Thursday after a viral video showed multiple officers stopping a black man when a white woman said he stared at her from across a street.
The scene transpired Tuesday outside a suburban Detroit cafe where police stopped the man, Devin Myers, Fox affiliate WJBK reported. The stop lasted about 19 minutes, according to the Royal Oak Police Department.
The cafe’s manager, Erin Frey, told the Detroit Free Press that the incident began when Myers paused to attempt to pull into a parking spot occupied by the white woman, but he kept driving and found another spot when she did not pull out.
The police said the woman reported on a 911 call that the man circled her car and might have been taking pictures of her and her son.
At one point in the video, Adolph responds to an officer who says the stop wasn’t a big deal: “It is a big deal when it’s happened consistently — this is absurd." He responds, “To who?” She replies, “Black people.”
Royal Oak Police Chief Corrigan O’Donohue described the stop as “unfortunate.”
“On behalf of the police department, I would like to apologize to Mr. Myers for how he was treated,” O’Donohue said in a statement. “What should have been a very short encounter was extended when the officer-involved insisted on getting Mr. Myers’ identification. The officer had no legal right to demand the identification and should have simply advised Mr. Myers why we were there and allowed him to go on his way."
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