Black Pastor Arrested After He Was Seen Watering Neighbors' Flowers

Alabama police arrested a Black pastor after he was seen watering his neighbor's flowers. Pastor Michael Jennings was watering his neighbor's flowers when someone called 911. An officer approached Jennings and explained they received a call that he was not supposed to be there. When cops asked for his ID, Jennings declined to provide it because he didn't do anything wrong. As he walked away, the officer arrested him. Jennings says it's a case of racial profiling.

[brooklynredbird]

I saw the bodycam footage on another site. What they're leaving out is that the Pastor is a former cop from a neighboring town. He told the police this upfront within 30 seconds of their arrival and that he knew his rights. The Pastor also recognized one of the cops on the scene when he said a store or business he owned was burglarized. In Alabama you only have to show your ID on public property, not private property. He identified himself and that he lived across the street. He was on private property, had permission to be there, had his cell phone on-hand and offered to call the home owner. They completely dismissed him.

[erikr]

Cop: “Once we place him under arrest, we can’t unarrest him.”
And once they get sued, they can’t get unsued.

[beamielle]

Shows up quick for someone watering their flowers, shows up an hour late to a school shooting. LIKE WHAT TF IS THIS WORLD?

[jayatissa]

Never thought helping your neighbors to water their plants/flowers could get you arrested/ charged. Sounds so ridiculous!

[Vic-ekfv]

"Once we make a mistake, we cannot admit our wrongdoing and apologize. We prefer to inflict further trauma and carry on with making more mistakes"

[gentlemendog]

“Once we place him under arrest, we can’t unarrest him”

That just sounds like the biggest lie I’ve ever heard. You don’t have to arrest someone when you put the cuffs on them. You can admit you were wrong in your arrest and un-cuff them. There’s nothing stating you can’t do that. Cops have done it before.

[leibobo]

When she said “This is *PROBABLY* my after you noticed accountability you still couldn’t accept it and Hell just gone keep growing and growing

[kaynkayn]

"Once we made a mistake, we need to commit to those mistakes" - Police motto

[stevenbeck]

Karen calls the cops for a guy watering flowers. That woman needs to get her life straight. Absolutely pathetic.

[ifyouwantoreplyjustclickth]

Imagine getting arrested for helping your neighbors by watering their flowers. The most innocent thing there is.

[babynyxe]

It's so annoying how the police expect him to not be mad when they come out of nowhere and harass him when he's literally just living his life and actually doing a good thing

[gerald]

“We can’t unarrest him”

I could’ve sworn I’ve heard officers say “you’re free to go” before, right? Right??

[angelkat]

It’s like they’re trying to scare people from doing good deeds, so eventually we’ll all be too afraid to be kind to each other.

[carlklein]

They absolutely can “unarrest” him. Happened to me. I defended myself against my mother-in-law who was trying to break into my house. I was cuffed and put in the police car. After the cops got the real story they took me out of the car, took off the handcuffs and apologized.

[SavedByGRACE]

She knows exactly who the man is. She knows he’s friends with the owner of the flowers that he’s kindly watering. She’s knows he’s not trespassing or committing any type of crime. She still calls police. She admits all this to police. And yet, she suffers no consequences, while the police knowingly arrest an innocent man. No, there’s definitely not any degree of racism in our police departments and anyone suggesting so is a liar and simply looking for a payout. 🤔

[btbraden]

Imagine arresting someone knowing the arrested person did nothing wrong and thinking “this is fine”.

[iMsOiNsO]

You can’t unarrest them….knowing damn well it was just a “misunderstanding”. I hope they win that lawsuit

[alternator]

emergency operator: “911 what’s your emergency”

Karen: “there’s a man watering some flowers”

[TheStudderman]

The police here didn’t want to just let it go, they had no intention of de-escalating this. Their ego got the best of them.
All they had to do, was say, “sir it was a mixup, the person that called us didn’t know it was you, have a good day, and shake hands, ” that would of been the end of it.

[lolsloppy]

Imagine how boring her life must be to stare out her window all day from DOWN THE STREET and call the cops on an American watering his neighbors’ flowers