Posted on 12/01/2017 6:55:01 PM PST by blam
A police detective in Illinois has faced disciplinary action this week, after he was recorded on video telling a teenager he was being detained because he's white.*
Footage of the controversial encounter surfaced on Facebook on Monday, and has since gone viral with more than 85,000 views.
Dezi Baczek,18, who recorded the video, was among a group of teens who went to the local pawnshop in Lake Villa, a suburb of Chicago, to sell an item so the group could buy her brother a book that he wanted to read. How thoughtful.
When the group of millennials exited the shop, they found Detective Gomez waiting out in the parking lot for them. Immediately, the group of teens were ordered to sit down or face being arrested.
Baczek told NBC 5, I was yelled at to sit down.
When asked what for?.. That is when she started filming.
Police said the detective was conducting a theft investigation at the time and was questioning the group of teens. One unseen teen in the video questions why he's being detained he asked Gomez, Is it because I'm a teenager? Because I have baggy pants on?
Detective Gomez was seen storming off, then spun around and yelled back, because you're white."
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Officer Gomez needs to be fired, he’s a racist. Poor minority white boys say “White lives matter too.”.
Dick Tracy calling Go Go Gomez!
#15. They need a library for two or three books? They could use a small mailbox on a pole for them.
Excuse me Officer, but Have I committed a Crime??
Do you think I am about to commit a crime?
Am I under Arrest?
Am I being detained?
Am I free to go?
Unless a Police Officer can articulate a reasonable suspicion that you have committed a crime or are about to, you are NOT required to even produce ID!!! Falsely detaining or arresting you, gives you cause for damages in Civil Court You can literally tell them to F%&k Off.
Police officers don’t have any room for unprofessional error anymore. This officer suffers diarrhea of the mouth.
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