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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Nov 19, 2019, 08:46 PM Nov 2019

Indiana cop fired after stopping black customers for acting 'suspicious'

A deputy constable in Indiana has been fired after he was seen in a viral video confronting two black men in a store parking lot for "acting suspicious."

In the video posted to YouTube on Nov. 13, the description says the two men first noticed the officer watching them while they were at a Nordstrom Rack store in the Castleton neighborhood of Indianapolis.

"He watched us buy everything, and then followed us to the car," the YouTube video description says.

According to the description of the 17-minute video posted a day after the incident, which has been viewed more than 300,000 times as of Tuesday morning, the men started filming when they began to exit the parking lot and the officer screamed he was going to run their plates.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/indiana-cop-fired-after-stopping-black-customers-for-acting-suspicious/ar-BBX0toW?li=BBnbcA1

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Indiana cop fired after stopping black customers for acting 'suspicious' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 OP
Good! 2naSalit Nov 2019 #1
I'm glad swift action was taken. I wonder if they had received previous complaints ? tulipsandroses Nov 2019 #2

tulipsandroses

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2. I'm glad swift action was taken. I wonder if they had received previous complaints ?
Tue Nov 19, 2019, 10:48 PM
Nov 2019

I bet this wasn't his first time abusing his power. He wasn't on duty at the time - basically was a playing rent a cop when he pulled this stunt so I'm sure he forced the PD's hand since he was off duty at the time. I wonder if he was on duty and pulled this stunt if he would have been fired?

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