Pastor Michael Jennings, 56, says he’s still coming to terms of the incident after police arrested him while watering plants for an out-of-town neighbor this past spring.
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Can you imagine the women that called the cops is his own neighbor that knows him, but tells the cops it's young black guys talking that shouldn't be there. Yet the cops didn't even ask her for ID. The transcript is shocking as she clearly lied
The police did believe him; but they are required to ID any person on someone else's property after a call. And, the idiot pastor is REQUIRED to show ID. Do you really want police officers writing the rules in the street or should the police follow all laws and procedures. The most disgusting part of this video is the idiot who could just have handed the police a driver's license and then went about watering the lawn. But, there is no money in that. Better to act the fool and go so far as to admit "go ahead I want you to arrest me. At least some scum lawyer will sue for big bucks. Not everything is racist, but a lot of things can be twisted to be so.
If you haven't committed a crime you in most states in America you don't have to ID. Then to charge him what idiots. They can use their discretion but obviously their feelings were hurt when he wasn't doing anything unlawful so had to make up a charge. Hopefully he gets a good lawyer and gets it dropped. Terrible policing again. Thugs in badges. Not there for the community.
I am happy here in South Africa
the biggest problem is cops have no common sense… they get a call everyone is guilty!
Why didn't he identity himself properly – simple he wanted to act the victim
Looking for a pay-out He was argumentative and did not identify himself properly – wanted to play the r-ace card and victim – he didn't cooperate because the cops were white and thus who is the true rac -ist namely the so called pastor
Release the names of the officers.
We can't all learn from this, he did not need his id. This was racial profiling
I'm not from America; Can someone help me out?: If I don't know someone, what's the difference between someone being a pastor on a property with permission, and someone else grabbing a hose and merely saying that they are?
How would I be able to tell which is which?
did the police say sorry.
What the f*** have we come to
It sounds like the officers were being pretty cool about the whole thing. If they asked for his ID just give it to them. Lol!! I’m white and I’ve had my ID asked for a few times. Just give to them.
Crazy we can do nothing
These cops need to be fired and put in the same situation that put this gentleman in.
Police arrived because they called by a neighbor, they were polite asking questions, but the guy answered angry, and said he was a Pastor and black…..so ….What the police were supposed to do???
I have to show my ID AND IM WHITE AND THE COPS WERE NOT. I only weigh 102lbs and they were a lot bigger then me. If I didn’t show my ID I would have been put in a cop car. I knew I didn’t do anything wrong so I didn’t have a problem showing my license….
You can hear it in TJ voice it’s heartbreaking!! We can’t catch a break 💔
That women definitely is retarded for calling and not knowing shii or seeing hardly anything.
GMA???? How's this on my main thread.
Just talk to me. HE WAS, while watering. A body can do more'n one thing at a time, but no, cops hadda get their "authority"up in his face.
He said he lived across the street and he was watering their plants for them.
But if was Jewish the police would have been fired lmfao and the woman who called would have been labled antisemitic…the hypocrisy continues
Ahhh a typical day in America
All he had to do is cooperate and it would have ended without issue in moments. He made it racial!
Wow.😔
Funny they never asked the white women for her Identification . Did they
Well if he's a Pastor then he can't reason properly to begin with, no doubt his communication technique wasn't helpful.
All the pale face police must go back to Europe 😂😂😂 Lol jokers them pale faces
He knew his rights. They had no reasonable suspicion RAS to require ID. Back the blue until it happens to you ✌️
This is the way we should react especially if you are a pastor:
Thank you officer for watching the neighborhood. This is my name, my full name and I will bring my ID as soon as possible. Thank you for your service. !
Acting defiant doesn’t help the situation !
America
I hate them
If he was Mexican this would have never had happened
This dumb s*** right here is why Illinois has no more Bond after January 1st quit being racist in the south we all got people y'all need to make generational changes what was he supposed to have a t-shirt on this that I am a black pastor I know my rights I am a child of God I am the truth
How sad and the neighbors asked him to water the plants. God bless this humble pastor
This is nothing but discrimination and it's really police harassment and is unlawful. Oh T. J. Now you can add "Voting While Black" to that list.
Just cooperate with the law enforcement and resolve the case as quickly as possible . Being a pastor means absolutely nothing and the old pastor should be wise enough to know that. Totally unnecessary escalation
America the what not great💯 But Pitiful.💯to each his own .
Sounds like the racist woman knew who he was yet she call Police just low down dirty 👹👹👹.
He should mind his own affairs. Why can't he Co-operate ?
That’s so stupid of them!Watering plants even has permission and ganna arrest somebody after they was sent to water there plants?In fact,that’s not a crime!He done nothing wrong.Didn’t break the law.He didn’t rob no one or steal or try and break in houses.Come now cops!Get better!Rather white or black.He just helping out with plants keep from dieing.
This isn’t just a racial profiling problem; it’s a rookie cop problem. I hired one of my daughter’s friends who had previously been hit by a car, to help me with yard work, and heavy tree work. I paid him, then he rode away on his bike, stopped at a neighbor’s yard sale and bought a bike on sale. As he was riding his bike, trying to carry the second bike, the police stop him, then handcuff him! My neighbor yells for me to come. They threaten to arrest my neighbor, the dean of Loyola College, for trying to explain, (his brother is the lead international attorney for the Hughes Corp., they would have regretted it). When I tried to explain, the Asian officer bowed up at me as tho I would intimidate; wrong! He proceeded to threaten me while I’m standing on my property. After my verbal stance, he backed down, then removed the handcuffs. I called the watch commander, who explained they were extra cops called to Marina del Rey, and didn’t realize this was a special neighborhood. All neighborhoods are “special” and police are supposed to also protect and serve. Myriad officers are bully’s! People in authority bellow, but I can bellow just as loud, and I’m definitely not afraid of being shot, tho it’s not my preferred way to leave planet earth.