cop fired for telling black men, "you don't belong in my city"

[Demovictory9]

They told us the from the first moments they entered the small town of nearly 3,000 people that Officer Mike Moore was on their heels.

"With all the racial discrimination that's going on across the world, will I be another victim? Will I be a statistic?” Branch asked.

Both Branch and Scribner said they weren’t doing anything wrong and think that Moore and Chief Danna Powell should be held accountable for his actions.

Branch said that while they were filming a part of their video, the officer allegedly slowed down and parked nearby until the group packed up and left.

“I was wondering, ‘Why is he doing this,” Branch wondered. “We’re in small England. Everybody knows everybody.”

Feeling uncomfortable, Branch and the filming crew went to their final shooting location.

The officer pulled in shortly after them.

"He slowed down again just to see what we were doing,” Branch said. “That's when my cousin and I said, 'Let's go let him know who we are and what we are doing.’”

Branch and Scribner's uncle is also an England police officer.

In the video recorded by Branch that was posted on Facebook, the group talks to Moore.



Below is a transcript of the conversation in the video:

Ofc. Moore: "I'm Mike Moore."

Bunch: "We are Dale Scribner's nephews."

Scribner: "We are here just trying to record a video."

Ofc. Moore: "Okay, and?"

Bunch: “We just noticed you’ve been following us everywhere.”

Ofc. Moore: Are you recording right now?”

Bunch: “Yeah, we are.”

Ofc. Moore: “You know why? Because you don’t belong in my city.”

Bunch: "We're from here."

Ofc. Moore: "But you understand, I know who my people are, right, who belongs here and who doesn't? We've got gang wars going on, we've got all kinds of stuff. I come from the big city where this stuff is small, okay? So, that's cool. Do your thing."


Bunch: "You said we don't belong in your city, though?"

Ofc. Moore: "Can I say something? I have never seen you here before, and I know almost everybody here."

Bunch: "I grew up here, in 101. I graduated from England High."

Ofc. Moore: "Well good for you, my name is Mike Moore. I'm not from here. Step away from my car, I'm about to get my dog out."

The officer allegedly stayed in the area for nearly three minutes, getting his K-9 out of the vehicle then putting it back in.

Bunch said he talked to another uncle, Kevin Scribner, who advised they reach out to Chief Powell.

"We wanted to give the chief the opportunity to perform her investigation,” Scribner told us. “So we held the video close to our chest and waited for her to provide a response.”

It has been 15 days since the men filed their official complaint. They say they still haven't received their copies, or the findings of the police harassment investigation.

On Tuesday, they released the video on Facebook, where it has been shared nearly 1,000 times.

Chief Powell would not agree to go on-camera.

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-world/arkansas-police-officer-tells-group-of-black-men-they-dont-belong-in-his-city/83-581837245

CNN has attempted to contact Moore but was unsuccessful. England Chief of Police Danna Powell confirmed in a one-sentence news release that Moore was fired on Wednesday.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/09/us/arkansas-officer-fired-trnd/index.html

He decided to post the video on Facebook on Tuesday because he hadn't gotten a copy of his complaint.
Moore was fired the next day.
The president of the Arkansas Fraternal Order of Police said they don't have a chapter in England and he wasn't aware of the incident. The Southern States Police Benevolent Association, which includes Arkansas, would not comment on the case.
The England Police Department did not give any more information about Moore, but CNN affiliate KATV reports that he was fired from the Lonoke County Sheriff's Department in May 2017. Sheriff John Staley told KATV that Moore was a deputy for 10 months and was fired for his negative attitude.
Moore had also been a law enforcement officer in South Carolina.
Bunch said police have never bothered him in England before and he's never had any trouble with the law. He said he and his friends never even got cameras out for their video.
"We were going to start on our video (after Moore left), but our videographer wasn't comfortable being down there," Bunch said.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Sunlight...the best disinfectant. n/t

[oasis]

2. Let's have your badge, gun and your dog, fella. nt

[MagickMuffin]

3. A nomad cop roaming from dept to dept

Looking for trouble, ie trouble he starts!

[Blue_true]

4. Good point.

The very type of person who should not be in police work.

[SharonClark]

5. What police department will hire him next?

[uponit7771]

10. +1

[rockfordfile]

6. England Chief of Police Danna Powell ? Why did it take so long?

[BeckyDem]

7. The ugly exposed will hopefully help get him fired .

[Lee-Lee]

8. Lasting less than a year on a Department is a big red flag

It’s not always, sometimes people leave for legitimate reasons where its just a bad fit. Like any other job.

But not typically, and less so for LE than for most jobs. Because it’s a process to hire someone, get them credentialed and certified, get them through all the training, qualifications, etc (even if they were already LE before there is a good amount when swapping agencies), get uniforms tailored and issued, get body armor issued, etc.

Because of the expense agencies don’t typically let people go as fast as you would for someone doing something where it’s much less involved. You try to correct course and retrain for small issues.

So let go after 10 months for a negative attitude? That should have been a HUGE red flag for this PD to not touch him with a 10 foot pole.

[Demovictory9]

9. yep. and with that swagger, probably wanted job in larger town but couldn't get one.

swaggering about in body armor with K9 dog in town of 3000!

His town is tiny!!! then a few black men come to town giving him the opportunity to be the big shot.