black man handcuffed by police when moving TV into his new home

[Demovictory9]

https://newsone.com/3830220/black-homeowner-handcuffed-video-kansas/

A happy experience turned nightmarish for Karle Robinson, 61, who a police officer confronted and restrained in Tonganoxie on Aug. 19, according to the Kansas City Star. The incident, shedding light on wrongful arrests of people of color, was motivated by race, Robinson said.

“If I’d been a white man, you know that wouldn’t happen,” Robinson said on Wednesday, watching body camera video of the incident. “I’m being handcuffed right here on my own damn property.”

Robinson was nearly finished with his move and about to take a TV into his home when an officer approached him at 2:30 a.m. that day. He asked for help, but the cop instead treated him as if he was a burglary suspect. Robinson informed the officer that he had just moved into the home and that his ownership papers were inside his place. The cop chose to handcuff Robinson and wait for backup to corroborate the man’s story.

“They’re thinking I’m stealing,” he said. “I’ve been hearing this for 40 years — getting pulled over, being searched. I’m not going to let this go.”

A second officer arrived at the home and joined the first cop in questioning Robinson. The officers then went into the man’s home, found ownership documentation and released Robinson from his restraints. The incident, perhaps surprisingly, did end on a better note when the officers apologized and helped him move the TV, the video showed.

Robinson, however, filed a complaint with the police department about the incident.

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, The officer could have let Robinson go and get his papers

[Merlot]

15. The officer could have used better judgement and

could have made the evaluation that the man did indeed live there.

How many thieves move stuff into a house?

Side note: in college (back in the 80's) I had a black friend who bought a tv from a friend and carried it back to his house. He made a joke about "black man carrying a tv" which at the time I thought was really a joke. Now I know it wasn't.

[uponit7771]

23. +1

[lark]

2. Robinson did the right thing.

The police did the wrong thing in not letting him get his paperwork from the house.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "Karle Robinson, 61"

Not a 17-year old, not a 24-year old, a fucking 61 year old man AND a Veteran.

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Police bodycam footage shows Black Kansas homeowner cuffed and questioned on his own front lawn about moving a TV into his house! http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-police-kansas-black-homeowner-handcuffs-front-lawn-20181004-story.html … http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-police-kansas-black-homeowner-handcuffs-front-lawn-20181004-story.html …
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[malaise]

4. I'm sick of this

Racist shit

[lillypaddle]

5. Me too, Malaise

[Lucinda]

6. KNR

[Nitram]

7. The cops should be suspended at the very least.

[firstwife]

8. First of all

I hope they had a goddamn warrant to go in the house, but he was probably so scared and eager to prove his innocence he let them in. Second, he needs to sue the fuck out of that goddamn police department. JHFC this pisses me off.

[Merlot]

16. Hopefully the police dept will now be BUYING him a new tv

instead of just helping him move his old one.

Would have been so much easier to get it right the first time.

[kag]

9. I am SO sick of this shit!

Meanwhile, white guys are shooting up schools, concerts, movie theaters, etc., murdering their families, DUI'ing all over the place, and what do they get from cops? "Afternoon, Sir." "Have a good day, Sir." "You take care, now."

This HAS. TO. STOP.

[dalton99a]

10. "I'm not going to let this go"

Good. I hope there is a lawsuit.

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. Toilet Paper Donald is empowering racists across the country.

[mercuryblues]

12. Yes, because

everyone knows that thieves bring Tv's into the homes they are stealing from.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. It was obvious to the cops that he had stolen the wrong TV....

and was returning it to then steal the right one......

And, I'll bet at first this cop was expecting to receive accolades from his superior for what he had found...

[karin_sj]

13. This is just disgusting and infuriating

When it the hell will it end? It makes me sick.

[TNLib]

14. These cops should be kicked off the force

First of all why would a robber ask the police help to move a TV? A bunch of racist cops out there.

[tavernier]

18. So I'll get trashed for this

but it was 3 a.m. and they were patrolling a neighborhood that had multiple break ins that month, and they were not rude or physically aggressive from what I watched on the video. I guess I would have made the same call in their situation, regardless whether the tv mover was black or white or yellow or green.

[forkol]

21. But did he

have to cuff the guy? Couldn't he have had the guy sit tight in view and then call for backup. How about they ask the guy for his id and do a check? And there was probably evidence that he was moving as well, maybe like a moving truck.

I wondered what would have happened if he could not produce his ownership papers. And there's no way in the hell I would have let the cops in my house, too easy for them to realize they messed up and to try to 'trump' up some BS charges or plant some evidence.

I also looked up the date -- that was late Saturday night early Sunday morning. I've helped many people move, and I will say that I might not have gone that late, but I've gone well past midnight in helping people move -- especially if you have to get the rental truck back the next morning.

[USALiberal]

22. Why handcuff him first? Two asshole cops can deal with a single citizen. nt

[uponit7771]

24. He was moving the TV ... INTO ... the house, not out of it

[tblue37]

26. According to the people who live in that neighborhood, there had not been any

break-ins. That's just the excuse the cops used for harassing a black man, like when they claim someone they're harassing "fits the description" of some nonexistent suspect in some nonexistent crime.

[tavernier]

27. Ok, I see that now.

I was going by the video because the article was loaded with advertisements and click bait. Thanks for mentioning that. It does change the circumstances, doesn’t it? I believe I would have my lawyer filing requests to see documentation of all of these break ins that precipitated their actions.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. attention du ers , this crap has been going on behind the scenes for decades.

some of it tragicly for blacks and other minorites and including lgbt members . all shoved under the rug. now brought out into the open and encouraged by the he who shall not be named living at the white house .

[TheBlackAdder]

20. Dang! Who keeps ownership papers for a TV, unless it's a recent purchase?

[tavernier]

25. I think the papers were for the house, not the tv