Watering flowers while Black: anatomy of a pastor s arrest in Alabama
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yard when the police showed up at the scene is, that right? that is correct. roy milam says jennings has always been a great neighbor, so naturally they are half asked him to look after their home when they went on vacation. it was upsetting to know that we asked him to come out, and he got arrested for that. harry daniels s jennings attorney. he was under no obligation of the law in state of alabama to give his i.d.. nor did he have any obligation to identify himself. in a recent interview with good morning america, jennings said he feared for his life. i was thinking did i do something wrong, if i resisted, i could have been shot. so, i was trying to cooperate, even though i did not understand what was going on. i was agitated, i was angry. . in the police body cam footage, police spoke to the woman who made the original 9-1-1 call. now recognizing the pastor, she tells the officers it is all a
i have done anything suspicious or anything wrong. moments later, he is placed in handcuffs. who called you? reporter: you will not listen. you had to identify yourself to me. reporter: the lead officer appears to lose patience. the helpful member is arrested and not allowed to tell his wife across the street. you know what? 1015. 1015. i m not going to sit there and have that. no. reporter: despite the officer calling him pastor jennings, he tells his colleagues that jennings refused to identify himself. we told him he was trying to call the owner, but still i need his name. reporter: jennings is charged with obstructing government operations. pastor jennings was in your yard when the police showed up on the scene, is that right? that is right. reporter: roy milam says
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