mistaken identity
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Watch: Texas Police Try to Arrest an Innocent Black Man Because Apparently They All Look Alike
When Clarence Evans refused to give his name and identification to officers who showed up at his house—even though they called him by another man’s name, showed him a picture of a different man and seemed to have no verifiable information about Evans’ identity—they still attempted to arrest him because… Come on. Don’t act like…
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Illinois Man, Mistaken for Robbery Suspect, Wrongfully Detained in Incident That Left Him Injured, Unable to Work: Report
An Evanston, Ill., man is filing a police-misconduct complaint after he says he was injured while being detained by police officers who were looking for a robbery suspect last week. According to the Chicago Tribune, 60-year-old Gregory Hall was walking down Main Street the afternoon of Jan. 22 after spending some time in the south…
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Black Teen ‘Mistaken’ for Larger, Bald Black Man Says Police in Calif. Drew Gun on Her, Punched Her in the Mouth
A black 19-year-old woman says she was confronted by police at gunpoint, punched in the mouth and bitten by a police dog after Bakersfield, Calif., police apparently mistook her for a much larger, bald black man who was suspected of threatening people with a machete at a nearby grocery store. According to the Bakersfield Californian,…
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Police Video Shows 5 Black Mich. Kids Held at Gunpoint in Case of Mistaken Identity
Police in Grand Rapids, Mich., said they were just doing their job when they held a group of kids, ranging in age from 12 to 14, at gunpoint after receiving a phone call about a possible teen having a gun during a fight at a basketball court. Video of the March 24 incident was recently…
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Ga. Teen Shot Dead by Homeowner After Girl Sneaks Him Into House
A Georgia community is left mourning for two families after a teenager was shot dead in Columbia County in an apparent misunderstanding. At 2:47 a.m. Saturday, 17-year-old Jordan Middleton went to a home in Grovetown, where the homeowner’s daughter sneaked him in, according to WJBF. The situation quickly turned sour after the 14-year-old girl’s dad…
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British Cops Tase Their Race-Relations Adviser, Thinking He Was Robbery Suspect
Bristol, England, resident Judah Adunbi has spent the better half of a decade working to improve the relationship between police in southwestern England and members of the Afro-Caribbean community, the Washington Post reports. Despite all his work and his outreach, however, the 63-year-old became the target of police earlier this month during an incident that…
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Questions Remain After Indianapolis Cop Shoots Homeowner
Two separate investigations have been launched after an Indianapolis homeowner was shot by an Indianapolis Metropolitan police officer, RTV6 reports. According to the report, the incident started when the homeowner, identified as 48-year-old Carl Williams, called 911 Tuesday morning to report that his wife had been the victim of an attempted armed carjacking in their…