A black former White House staffer was moving into a new apartment. Someone reported a burglary.

[Demovictory9]

A black former White House staffer was moving into a new apartment. Someone reported a burglary.

But about a half-hour into his move Friday night, police greeted him in his building’s lobby. A neighbor had called to report a potential break-in by someone who may have had a weapon, and about a half-dozen police officers stopped and questioned him as part of an investigation.

Martin said he felt like he had been racially profiled by whoever had made the original call.

“I don’t know if they watched me or saw me, through a peephole and decided to call the police and if they were in fact watching me,” Martin told The Washington Post. “What I do know is true is that they made a call, a very egregious call that I think was based on profiling.”

he New York City Police Department said officers arrived around 11:26 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about a burglary in progress on the building’s fifth floor. The 911 caller had complained about someone opening and banging doors on the floor who was in possession of a weapon or a large tool, the police said. After investigating, officers determined there was no burglary.

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He let a trio of officers into the lobby and the three began to question him about what he was doing in the building, he said. He told them that he was a resident but said that he didn’t have his ID on him. The officers wouldn’t let him get it from his apartment upstairs on the fifth floor. Instead, about three more officers went up in and let themselves into his apartment, which was unlocked, he said. They found his friend, who had another engagement that evening, taking a shower, and eventually were satisfied that the two were telling the truth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/05/01/a-black-former-white-house-staffer-was-moving-into-a-new-apartment-someone-reported-a-burglary/?utm_term=.2edebeb580e5

[OnDoutside]

1. Can he sue ?

[Cha]

2. Welcome to the building, sir.

Link to tweet

http://www.newsweek.com/black-former-white-house-staffer-accused-breaking-own-manhattan-apartment-907466

Thank you this report, Demovictory

[Hav]

3. He'll probably won't feel at home there

Even if it's somehow understandable that moving that late at night might worry the neighbours, notice how he was reported to the police as someone who might be armed. For me, that is at least in part done with malice and could have gotten him killed.

[Cha]

4. Right.. we've heard of it

happening.. about the police mistaking a weapon in a POC's hand.. shooting before asking questions.

Like Darren Martin said.. he feels fortunate it wasn't worse. I was thinking it would be healing if there were some really wonderful people in the building and they threw him a Real Welcome to the neighborhood party.

[malaise]

5. Rest assured that the neighbor would not have called police about a white

man moving in at night.
People move in when they want and when they can.
It's not somehow understandable - it's good old racism.

[betsuni]

6. What sort of idiot thinks a burglar takes things in instead of out.

[mythology]

7. A rather obvious question

I get being confused, or even annoyed that somebody was moving in that late at night, but when all the boxes are going in, that should have been a good hint what was going on.

[gyroscope]

8. I'd be looking into pursuing legal action against the caller

last time I checked lying to the police was against the law.

[Oneironaut]

10. Its the reverse burglar! He breaks into your house and decorates it

[Cha]

9. KICK for Darren Martin..

[IluvPitties]

11. That's sad, and so normal...

*Sigh*