NAACP leader's racial profiling claim challenged after bodycam footage released

Fox News ^ | May 20, 2018 | Robert Gearty

[yoe]

A South Carolina NAACP chapter president who says he was racially profiled during a traffic stop was accused of lying after police released video footage of the encounter, according to reports.

"Tonight, I was racially profiled by Timmonsville Officer CAUSE I WAS DRIVING A MERCEDES BENZ AND GOING HOME IN A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD," Timmonsville NAACP President Rev. Jerrod Moultrie said in an April 13 Facebook post, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

[snip]"When I saw the video, I was shocked that someone who is supposed to be a community leader, a pastor, and head of the NAACP would just come out and tell a blatant lie,” the police chief said. “It bothered me. It really bothered me, thinking about the racial unrest it could've cost in the community and it's just troubling to me that someone who held a position like that would come out and just tell a lie.”

[yoe]

What Rev. Jerrod Moultrie, the NAACP president of Timmonsville, S.C. said:
"He made a comment that the officer accused him of having drugs in the car,” Timmonsville Police Chief Billy Brown said, according to the station. “He said that his wife and grandchild was in the car. He asked them not to move because the officer looked as if he might shoot them or something. He also made mention that the officer continued to ask him about his neighborhood. Why was he in that neighborhood? And threaten[ed] to put him in jail in reference to something dealing with the registration to the vehicle." ...mind boggling racism.

[eyedigress]

Cops know their streets.

He was buying drugs. End of story.

[Afterguard]

Is the entire NAACP made up of “Reverend’s”? Just asking...

[elcid1970]

Fool didn’t know cops now wear bodycams just for this possibility.

[Arm_Bears]

False charges of racism should be treated the same was as false charges of rape.

[Herman Ball]

This happens to frequently. Blacks apparent;y have no compunction about lying when it comes to racism and I have no doubt about this statement. I was a police officer for over 30 years and very few complaints were about racism and it really all boils down to getting away with a violation. It is good this was recorded.

[eyedigress]

Here is your mind boggler.

He said that his wife and grandchild was in the car

[MortMan]

They are. Both are ignored.

[Ben Mugged]

Some are so caught up in the Victim mentality that they preach that reality no longer matters. They live in an alternative reality.

[eyedigress]

I am glad there are a few of you on this board.

The police have a job to do.

I was a kid and got busted going into nefarious areas.

Buying Mary. Told to leave and never went back.

[A_Former_Democrat]

With “victimhood” comes the dishonesty, immaturity and mental illness that the naacp has become famous for

[pawpawrick]

And just like that his dreams of suing for millions and hitting the ghetto lottery vanish. Pity.

[Mears]

bfl

[Dr. Sivana]

The paper reported that the officer stopped Moultrie for making a turn without signaling.

Such an officer could pull over half of the cars in COlumbus, Georgia based on that. Darnedest way to try to save electricity.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Gotta be “racism”

[eyedigress]

This guy was trolling for drugs.

Nothing less.

Do not hamstring those to keep you out of trouble.

[philetus]

“Once I got a copy of that bodycam, it’s as if he made the whole story up.
Nah, there has to be another explanation.

[piytar]

You mean ignored? Had a friend falsely accused of rape. Turns out he had proof - in the form of an ATM camera video and security video from a store across the street - that he wasn’t even in the same state as the accuser. Scared the blank out of him til we secured the video. What happened to her? Nothing.

[Old Yeller]

D’Oh!

[PCPOET7]

I am going to espouse an idea I normally don’t espouse on incidents like this... he should be removed from any official position he has in the leadership of the NAACP. mormally I don’t ask for peoples head but this type of stuff can cause rioting and could of caused this officer to be fired in some areas of the country.