Alabama pastor who was arrested while watering neighbors’ garden speaks out l GMA
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2022
- Pastor Michael Jennings, 56, says he’s still coming to terms of the incident after police arrested him while watering plants for an out-of-town neighbor this past spring.
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Why is the lady next door’s word believed without ID. This is unreal.
We all know why.
simply cause of the color of her skin
GREAT QUESTION!!! So SICK OF THIS.
It's Alabama...land of traitors
NEVER ASKED THE NEIGHBOR FOR HER I.D.....NOT ONCE!
My issue with most cops is that they refuse to backdown or apologize when they realize they are wrong. As a matter of fact they double down knowing they are wrong, how can I trust someone that's never wrong?
The very small few. I am around police officers almost daily and they are people just like you and me. They are respectful and kind. They were only a few police officers who are bad. But tell me a profession that has no bad people in it.
@@foxbeary5484 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We PAY them to do a certain job. They do what we pay for.
@@foxbeary5484 In other professions, when you do something wrong or break the law you get fired, especially in a profession that's high standards and demands high moral. In the Army you get discharged for not conducting yourself in a professional manner. Cops know that the Union will always back them up no matter what they do in most cases. And yes, I dealt with Cops daily as a Licensed Officer for almost 18 years and I've trained with Cops in several occasions
Truth
The people who call in "suspicions" should be charged for false statements.
1) He is a man of God
2) He is watering flowers
3) He is being neighbourly and helping his neighbours
4) He acquiesced to his totally disgusting discrimination
The fact that they charged him with something is astronomically ridiculous
Pretty sure they charge and drop later to legally protect themselves. If they did not charge him with anything it would be hard to defend why he was handcuffed and put in the car.
They initiated the charge that they gave him? lolz thugs all they are.
that was just them covering their asses + protecting their egos.
they'd already cuffed him, refused to release him after he'd been ID'd w| the help of his wife, AND taken him in.
at that point they had to "justify" their arrest + refusal to release him despite lack of probable cause.
the charges were their attempt at saying, "we promise we operated in good faith; this was not racial profiling."
*spoiler: it **_was_** racial profiling.*
the racial profiling was done by the neighbor; + the police were complicit.
911 is, afterall, just a customer service hotline for yt ppl.
Make me King of the U. S. and those cop will dwell in my dungeon for life or until they pay the pastor one million dollars.
He was arrested because he was combative. There was a call to police and he wouldn’t cooperate. Stop with the race drama
They have absolutely NO RIGHT to look at his phone without a warrant. Alot of problems here
You may have a point. It will be interesting to see if the Pastor sues for unreasonable search of his phone.
The officer asked very politely for his I. D. for his neighbor called the police believing someone suspicious on her neighbors property . The so called Pastor was very indignant and rebellious toward the officer. I watched the video over and over . The officers were doing there job and very well I add.
@@misha-elministries5246 The cops arrested and charged without probable cause.
@@alabamacriminaldefenselawy6867 Looks to me as though in any case the man ran into some trouble helping his neighbor. It was a great time to teach his flock a lesson on how to act in times of persecution . Matthew 5:44 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.… Tell me , what is a better teaching CRT or the teachings Jesus Christ .
@@misha-elministries5246 Is race biologically real?
No good deed goes unpunished.
God Bless this beautiful man. So sick of racism. He was helping his neighbor!!
TJ’s voice was breaking. Our men are suffering, lots of emotional trauma😢
That’s the truth indeed
Too bad
He's sick of it and so are all of us
lifetime. west papua is worse though. world's biggest goldmine (u.s. corp freeport mcmoran)
for sixty years west papuans have been murdered silently. 1.8 million dead. takes my mind off of
oj simpson verdict. same date as mkultra child rape verdict. that was the first u.s. court case with video historical.
His voice was really broken
This pissed me off to no end. Even AFTER the woman vouched for him the police wouldn't let it go.
They knew they were in the wrong but their egos were bigger than their common sense.
He had an ego as well. My name is so and so, would've ended the interaction in a few seconds instead of arguing with police trying to do their jobs
@@thomasmcintosh2977 True. But the woman admitted her mistake. That should've been the end of it.
@@tishbowman2990 she wouldn't have had to come out and admit to a mistake if the police got his name from jump street and contacted the homeowners. The caller wouldn't had to even walk outside because the problem would've died within 2 minutes if the pastor gave his name instead of saying "Pastor Jennings" trying to be funny as if that's his birth name. Humility goes a long way but pride goes before the fall everytime, even if you're a so called pastor.
@@thomasmcintosh2977 I agree.
Well Said 👏🏾
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please what do you mean by trade?
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You are not black. You and your kids will be fine..
@@src3360Logic 101…
Why didn’t the neighbor that called the police walk over prior to calling to see who it was and what he was doing? She caused an unneeded conflict.
She ought to be charged with something, false report or something, geez
Totally agree with you. You are one smart, reasonable person. 👍👍
Ah because he was black..
Pastor thats not okay
@@annelee4056 and Anne, I've been told I'm capable of"empathy" too 😮 😀
Are gardeners also expected to provide their ID while watering plants? I don’t understand how watering plants qualifies as suspicion of a crime.
@@bobmcgowan9250 she didn’t bring up racism, you did.
@@bobmcgowan9250 It's BS that those dumb ass fake cops would think a robber would be watering some Damn plants and anyone else who thinks that is just as dumb.
Skin color 🙁
@@bobmcgowan9250
And if he doesn't have ID? And for the billionth time, looking suspicious is not a crime.
@@BlackThenBlack "Nice try" ** Jordan--youre right, SARAH ^^^ didn't bring up Racism BOB ^^^ did...But you can't blame Bob for doing so, since reading so many other comments to this video, there are a SHIT LOAD of OTHER people trying to make this about race....And how is someone such as myself NOT to assume race/racism is NOT implied directly into Sarah's question???
** "No cigar" though.😁
How sad and the neighbors asked him to water the plants. God bless this humble pastor
We love you brother ❤ Jesus puts all of through trials .
The cop is like "I have to see your ID because someone called us." No, you don't. If you have realized there's no probable cause you need to get the hell out of there and leave a citizen who is doing nothing wrong alone.
@C H it is totally 1984, with animal farm thrown in.
@TheAsdsdswww Exactly. They had NO CRIME and no RAS of him about to commit a crime.....this was a clear violation of his Constitutional rights..
Facts
And there are still people out there who believe police reform, "is not needed" PATHETIC!
If the state law says you don’t have to show your ID unless XYZ. Then the pastor was in his legal rights to not show his ID. Law enforcement officers should know the laws they are required to enforce.
The way he replied with a kind, “you’re okay.” To the woman who literally called the cops on him because he was watering his neighbor’s plants. We genuinely don’t deserve individuals like Pastor Michael Jennings…
Those responses are the problem
I swear there is a non spoken competition between Americans to see who can be more dumb.
Your pastor refused to follow Alabama laws and identify himself, didn't cooperate with the yanki police, and you still wonder why they arrested him ?
American IQ. It's really ''special''. You try to pull any of those stunts in Europe and you go to jail faster than you can say '' Wait I'm an american tourist ! ''.
I don't think the woman in the video called the cops.
@Xoxo no we need less people like this pastor. Why would that woman be okay, after what she did to that man? Less pastors and more Malcoms is what we need, we need people to speak truth and honesty to power.
@@deadheroz thank you.
Ahhhh As a little white girl I was only 6 and I swear my Pastor was very dark skin but his face shined like he was an angel 😇 to me as I really wish he would be my Father!!’ How wonderful it’s not to have any racism in my heart ❤️
This is insane, so people won’t help neighbors because of fear to get arrested ? What a world are we living in?
Not the world just your country of orangutans
Ever notice when the cops are wrong, the person gets charged with resistance or obstruction.
it's called a cover charge. the corrupt system does not allow police to make mistakes, so they are forced to arrest their victims so they can use the fabricated crime as a justification for their fuck ups. it's used very successfully in police beatings too, you beat the shit out of someone, and you charge them with a crime after to point to later on- that's why I had to beat him, he was "obstructing!"
Everytime
G.O.D hates the United States of the Devil a Holy 🔥 is coming courtesy of G.O.D
@@jandross786 Terribly wrong. The 5th amendment guarantees our rights not to cooperate or help in any police investigation, or to help them incriminate ourselves. You have the right to remain silent (5th amendment) and you have the right to remain secure in your persons/papers/effects against unreasonable searches and seizures (4th amendment).
He was arrested for exercising his rights and their fragile egos couldn't handle that. Now he'll likely receive a 6 figure settlement at the taxpayers expense.
@@jandross786 F*ck all that he stated his name and business at the location and let them know he lived a crossed the street. Do your investigation with that info
It's when the cop say's "How do we know that you were watering the flowers?", and the pastor say's "I had the hose in my hand", that's when you know
after they found he was completely innocent they were discussing what trumped-up charges they could get him on
But a hose could be staged and his real purpose there was to break in the house.
@@paulrichards6894 i believe it
@@paulrichards6894 Incredible, right!?
The police did believe him; but they are required to ID any person on someone else's property after a call. And, the idiot pastor is REQUIRED to show ID. Do you really want police officers writing the rules in the street or should the police follow all laws and procedures. The most disgusting part of this video is the idiot who could just have handed the police a driver's license and then went about watering the lawn. But, there is no money in that. Better to act the fool and go so far as to admit "go ahead I want you to arrest me. At least some scum lawyer will sue for big bucks. Not everything is racist, but a lot of things can be twisted to be so.
I saw the original video, and I was beside myself… The poor guy was watering flowers. This world is insane ! Mom , Dad get me outta here !
He is doing kindness for his garden ..why not even a thank u from his mouth.. so upsetting crazy
there is so much crime to fight you going after someone watering plants
They not fighting crime that’s why they wait til the crime is over to do anything
"Everybody could've done something a little different that day" WTF??! The next sentence was literally "his wife brought his ID" How was he supposed to show his ID--even though he had no obligation to--if he didn't have it? Who brings their ID to water plants anyway? The concerted effort to somehow STILL find a way to blame the innocent party is disgusting
They have to always play nice. I love TJ but saying "everbody" could have done something better is very irresponsible and dangerous.
What do you expect when a bunch of people elevate them to a "can do no wrong status" and tell anyone advocating for police accountability that they must be "anarchist" who don't "respect the sacrifices of our service members?" This non-sense is exactly what you get. I hope this pastor gets the maximum in punitive damages. I wouldn't think that actual malice would be too difficult to prove here (this is not legal advise).
Cop: how do I know you’re watering flowers? 🤦
@@malikc91 🗣😂🤣🤣🤣
😂😆 boo hoo
Evil human everywhere and cursed.. God bless this pastor👏👏👏
It's a good thing he didn't resist, otherwise he would have been savagely beaten and murdered.
An arrest on a person's record never goes away. Even if charges were dropped. The arrest still stands. Think before you change someone's life forever over BS like this.
i hope his 300000 makes him feel a little better, dumb cops
Looks like he was detained, not arrested. They take you to jail when you're arrested, not let you go.
@@ditame6366 I stand corrected. I dug a little deeper and apparently he was charged. They shouldn't have done that.
It does not stay on your record if your not convicted and sentenced there will be nothing on your record I know this cause I often pawn my rifle and that requires a background check yet I've had a couple domestics with my dad that ended up being thrown out cause no one wanted to press charges. If that was left on my record it'd come up in my background check.
Michael Sutherland arrest are on file regardless if the charges are dropped or not or never even filled, it there for ever, gets some knowledge man.
She says it's "probably my fault" knowing 100% it's her fault. How she pretends to not recognize a burley black man who is known to be the neighborhood pastor, and has no doubt seen him drive the same car everyday, calls the police on him anyway as if she's never seen him in her life is a clear indicator of who she is. I mean this could have turned out very bad based on her sheer ignorance. And yes they could have simply released him after his info was presented, but they had to prove a point
Facts! She gotta be related to that inbred old hag that lied and had Emmett till killed years ago
@amsleepy shut up stupid.. it's not a crime to get agitated
Your trolling and a bigot. Rock head bigot.
@amsleepy Being agitated isn't a crime. Refusing to show ID on private property that you've been invited to -- also not a crime. There is no legal requirement in the USA to be nice and friendly to police officers. He was agitated, but never violent and did not resist the handcuffs. This is 100% on the cops, not on him.
Yes, the neighbour caused the situation - no doubt. But, if she meant him harm or wanted to cause him trouble, why would she come out and vouch for him to the police? That doesn't add up to me. If she was being malicious, why would she come out to try and protect him? The one and only reason I can think of is to look like a hero (y'know, like the guy who sets a fire then helps the fire brigade put it out). But, if she was trying to look like a hero then why would she admit, in front of the pastor, that she called the police? Doesn't make sense.
I'd like to hear from her why she felt the need to call 911 in the first place before judging her, because her later actions don't fit the typical "Karen". Karens act scared and claim they don't know their victim, or claim their victim did something to them - they don't defend POC against the police.
This is crazy
Since when is watering the plants a crime? The charges should never have been filed.
When his wife showed up with the id they can't undo the arrest?
I hope if the neighbor goes on vacation nobody waters the plants.
Shameful, they’re letting real criminals get away and going after an old man watering grass……🤦🏽♀️
The police are ALWAYS the real criminals.
Again all you had to do was show his ID
I wish I could like this a zillion times. So true 😭🙏🏼
People are under no direction to show ID to the cops of they're not being detained, and it's used as a ln underhanded tactic by police all the time
it AL this is how they treat normal people they do a lot worse to the real criminals
Officer realizes mistake, and still charge him with obstruction? Insane.
I know right 👎
@@Brotherken1234 She does. And she's going to still end up in the House.
That's Alaska for you.
They dropped that charge..but he did get charged at first smh
@@tracydeniser.n.1432 The issue is the dropped charges still show up as charges/arrested in your record. That can keep you out of certain jobs.
Welcome to America. The land of you still goto jail even when you haven't broken the law.
How do I know you were watering their flowers ? Because I was holding a water hose in my hand.
Absolute ignorance by the cops
The full video will let you hear what the police was saying. One of the officers said we have one that's not listening
Neighbor made an assumption about this man and then when she realized she could be wrong, she tried to correct it but it was too late. She was the catalyst for this whole situation. Police are also equally ridiculous. What do you mean how do we know if you are watering plants? How hard is it for them to understand? I hope he takes them all the way to court and don't settle. That's the only way change happens and this doesn't get swept under the rug.
Sorry but she didn't make them violate his rights. Its not her fault that they lack or didn't use common sense. After she admitted her wrong, they were operating solely on ego because he didn't submit. End of story.
@@P3P33U hello - I’d like to report a man watering my neighbors flowers.
Ok ma’am anything else
Yes - I don’t recognize the car in my neighbors driveway.
Ma’am get a life . And don’t call police until someone is actually breaking the law.
*click*
@@P3P33U I didn't say she was responsible for their actions. I said she was the catalyst for the situation. Is that not true?
@@karinaz8756 ABSOLUTELY THEN SHE TRY TO FIX IT.
Her suspicion came about because she saw an unfamiliar car in the driveway. Still, she could have approach closer and seen that he was a middle-age black man simply watering the plants. And why she didnt recognize him since he lives across the street?? Because neighbors seldom talk to each other in the U.S., and more so, white people and black people dont talk to each other. Sad.
What a kind-hearted down to earth gentleman he is God bless you sir
Lol
LOVE EACHOTHER!
Why did she call? What was alarming?
Unbelievable! It goes by saying, “No good deed goes unpunished!” The guy just trying to be a good neighbor!!
Yep..my brother says that....arrested ..that's serious
Since when is ID REQUIRED TO WATER 💧 A LAWN JUST IN ALABAMA.... I'M CONFUSED ... IS THERE AN ORDINANCE TO CONSERVE WATER LOL 😆 OMG 😲
"Watering While Black" has just officially entered the American Dictionary.
I swear I believe that my life revolves around your statement of "no good deed goes unpublished"
Oh my goodness this man was trying to help his neighbors isn't it in the Bible Love thy neighbor this is crazy world that's why I stayed by myself don't ask nobody for nothing because it's just not a good world anymore sad
Just like the neighbor came out to see what was happening when the police came, she could’ve came out before she called the police! It’s sad!
Exactly
Maybe she was too scared. I mean, after all, he's a black man armed with a water hose.
The police did nothing wrong
Hell naw, you ain’t gonna approach no strange man and ask him what the Fock he’s doing at somebody’s house.
@@LiberalsRuinEverything. she could’ve just walked or drove by to get a better look at what was happening before she up and called the cops! She didn’t have to go directly up to him right off! My point still stands
This is so sad 😞 I could hear the hurt and anger in TJ’s voice…
Why didn't the neighbor check before she called the police?
"We can't un-arrest him" is BS! This whole we need to see your ID thing is way out of hand. I don't have an ID when doing chores. The cops had no reason to believe he was committing a crime. Standing there with a hose in his hand is pretty obvious.
On one hand PD's claim to be wanting to improve public relations then on the other they give every reason to be disliked and untrusted.
SHOW US YOUR PAPERS! SHOW US YOUR PAPERS!!!
I support police, but I don't support giving police my liberty.
@Phrede Exactly!
Have a wonderful day! ✌
Nah they thought the hose was a gun 🙄
He is lucky he didnt get tased or shot
Spot on!! Cops were 100% in the wrong!
Watch the full badge cam, the lady that called the cops immediately says it was mistaken identity and acknowledged that she knows that the pastor lives across the street and is a friend of the owners of the house. Yet, she refused to give her ID to the cops and they didn't like that at all. They had nothing and still decided to charge this neighborly pastor and even huddled up to discuss what charges they can charge upon him.
😳!! So American police just behave like Ugandan police to !?!?
Pigs will be pigs 🐷
I would surely file a lawsuit. They'd have to pay for this big embarrassment as to the white neighbour they are a pute troublemakers. Why didnt make sure who the petson watering was before callong the cops
So she can assert her rights and not show an I.D., but he gets arrested for not showing an I.D.
@@scramblesish I used to wonder why so many people were angry and had no respect for police. As the years have gone by, I have learned more. I'm not ready to them them ALL pigs yet but I'm MAD AS HELL!
I'm a Californian (white) and extremely sorry for Pastor Jennings to be arrested for his kindness of watering his neighbors lawn while they where out of town. Pastor Jennings seems like a very good man. He should perhaps bring charges on.police that DID NOT have cause to arrest. Unbelievable.
Wow...unbelievable
Once the person that call the police admitted she made a mistake and identified him they should’ve apologized and released him.
That doesn't happen in the US. Profiting off incriminating people does.
You are talking about uneducated rural white police officers. They couldn’t just couldn’t admit that, they just made a big mistake. Also it was a black man involved. So they had to arrest him.
they should have asked HER for I.D.
@@vsedai Exactly!
That was the expected next move to do
The caller told them she made a mistake and still they wouldn't let it go, that goes to show you the amount of hatred these pigs have to people.
Sir, go ahead and take this time to shut the fuck up. Thank you from everyone.
They wanted to have the last word, they didn't care one way or the other if he was committing a crime.
low intelligent, low iq tyrant coward thug pigs egos are so bloated they refuse to be wrong ! these psycopath piglets enjoy and take great pride terrorizing citizens ! when a demon piglet is eliminated i have unrestrained jubilation ! 🐷🖕🐖🖕🏻
just the deplorable pigs hate everybody else.
@@deborahminter6231 Yep and they stated the pastors wife came and showed the police the pastors ID and they still refused to let him go. I guess the only progress here is that not too long ago he would have been lynched for such an activity. Now he just gets to get handcuffed and hauled off to jail.
“Let Me See Your ID”
“Who Called You”
“Well That’s What We Gotta Find Out”
…..🤷🏽♂️
you don't have to give ID to cops same in another country if you have done nothing wrong
What really burns me up is what happens after they put him in the car. One of the officers says, "What we gon do with 'im? They then proceed to get on the same page and manufacture a story against this man and cook up the list of false charges they plan to put on him.
Despicable.
Oh please, he didn’t provide ID and didn’t even want to talk to them rationally.
@@MS-tc2fs fucking bootlicker. He didn’t do anything wrong so he don’t have to show ID. I hope these tyrants Abuse their authority on you or family.
@@MS-tc2fs I thought this is land of the free,except black people I guess.
@@MS-tc2fs he wasn't required to thats the point of this story being on the news the arrest was illegal the cops were wrong and he is now suing them
@@MS-tc2fs always a dumb ass like you in the comments, if it was as simple as showing his id for a crime he actually committed then yeah! he didnt fucking do anything! thats the point dumb as fuck 🤦🏾♂️
I wouldn’t have my ID on me if I’m watering my neighbor’s yard. This is crazy! They could have let him go after his wife showed his ID or after the neighbor who called vouched for him, or just looked at the situation with opened eyes. He was watering the yard!
I'm surprised they didn't ask him which Plantation he belonged to.
@@danelliott3335 Bra that hit home. You a real one.
Tell me what you Would have done with all your years of experience being a cop? Lol.
Let's all call the cops on the neighbor. Over and over.
@@bigd8638 Used common sense
This is just incredibly sad
I told you I was here watering the flowers, How do I know that's the truth, I had the hose in my hand 🤣😂😅
Arresting someone for watering flowers out in the open where everyone can see him is pretty stupid if you ask me.
I don't know of any criminals in the history of the world that would take the time to water the flowers of a house they are intending on robbing.
Is this what our law enforcement has come to?
So, are we not going to mention how racist these "let's ONLY point out something bad when it's a white person acting like an ass and a black person getting screwed" are?
19 young black kids died in Chicago while this guy was being briefly inconvenienced by his idiot white neighbors, but I guess their lives don't matter as much as a few hours of this poor guy's time since it supports the artificially skewed liberal agenda.
Hold up let me water the flowers and when I'm done, now its time to break in this house!
😂🙏🏼. This story is bonkers.
He got arrested for acting like a hard ass dummy, not for watering flowers. If he just complied , the whole incident would’ve been over in minutes. The only info the cops had was a call saying some unknown person was @ a house while the owners were gone ?
@@v.v3829 If he just complied ?...are you kidding me??
tell that to George Floyd... oh thats right...he was murdered while being sat on by a cop...compliance often means being stripped of your rights or worse. We have to keep standing up for our rights.
The man did NOTHING wrong. NO suspicious activity AT ALL and the cops saw literally nothing that could be called a suspicion of a crime! Wake up my friend...it could be you next.
These people that keep calling the law on people of color, for doing normal day things, need to be given citations as well. Watering flowers - come on man - do better people and quit being scared of anyone that doesn’t look like you.
Exactly!! They never get reprimanded
These Karen's and Ken's need to stop
If they started writing them citations or fines, they’d definitely stop
@@HaloHighlightz Nah some of them like Amy Cooper need jail
@@misshoneynevercame4832 oh yes Amy Cooper does I was so pissed when Christian Cooper said he accepted her apology.
That was a fake scripted apology by her lawyers to save face ! He should have stood his ground.
And said no he's doesn't accept it that woman Amy Cooper by the was from Canda not even originally from the US could have gotten him killed !
“Just talk to us” bro he told he everything that he could about that situation. Even if he was not supposed to be there that’s not worth detaining a person
Amazing!
“How do we know you were watering flowers?”
“I HAD A HOSE IN MY HAND” while laughing lol. Unreal
The fact that they still charged him w something is literally why everyone hates cops
yes
Not everyone..I stand behind all men and women in blue..
You hate cops but the lady called them… the lady called them. She should’ve checked to be sure. You can’t change people, all of the people.
@@niteatom3093 You would. You’re probably white. They protect and serve you.
@@niteatom3093 Of course you do, you probably don’t have to worry about being racial profiled and treated poorly by the police.
The cop should be fired and the caller should be arrested...easy fix!💯
I have many close friends in the police force, and I have total respect for the job they do! All I can say about these situations going on all over the world is that some police are not properly trained, and some believe that they are bigger than the badge they wear. If they would just follow the laws the way they are written, citizens would probably be more willing to just give an ID and let it just be done. But unfortunately with all these videos on the Internet of how police are treating people nothing will ever get dissolved, it seems like it's getting worse every day.
The neighbor and police should know there is no crime going on when someone is doing chores whether you know him or not.
Well their was a guy who mowed the lawn before stealing the lawn mower 😂
@@maybellineravencroft6271 was he a Pastor and did he live across the road from where he stole it?
NO. people can and do, things like "clean windows" or pick up garbage to scope out properties to see if they want to rob the place and the pastor had an attitude. had NOTHING to do with his race.
@@shari9721
one of my neighbors stole my weed eater.
A fine example of prejudice in the beautiful deep south!!! I, as a mature single white woman, was sitting on my porch with a black male friend of mine having a celebratory birthday sip bc it was his BDay...he leaves, then another neighbor comes over giving me a ration of racism!!! "How can you allow that "N" to sit w you & be drinking w him?" Unbelievable...
I told her exactly...."from here to there is MY free & clear property! This means I can entertain or do anything I please within the laws of GA...now your ignorant ass can leave MY property🤬 I choose my friends & you're not among them!!" Racism in the south, even in this very moment, will turn your head🤬
A free world🤔 those of name & privilege, especially in the deep south...
Look to Paul & Nancy Pelosi as a perfect example🤑🤢🤮🤧
Thank goodness Pastor Jennings is being so calm about this. It's extremely disturbing to watch a decent person be treated in this manner
hahaha calm? he didnt follow orders...hahaha youre blind and deaf
He wasn’t calm.
When this kinda things happen to you since childhood, you kinda expect things to happen. When you give your life to GOD, you learn how to handle things a little better than before. But the anger never goes away completely.
It does not make it any better for him to cry forgiveness and how he is relying on his faith at the end of the video, then proceed to play their game of blackmail by taking them to court to get him imaginary money as the court cases are all running in circles to nowhere. They just get filed away with all the others. If they would stand their ground with the people properly and show them the humility they deserve, then none of this would happen. The thoughts and prayers works better though right?
He wasn't calm. Maybe in this video he's shown being calm, but in the version I watched, he escalated right from the get-go.
Lmfao 😭 2:55 he said I had the water hose in my hand. Sad, officers always escalating shit, clearly this man was just watering the neighbors garden.
Police need to have to have a degree. It’s incredible that they just turn them loose without even knowing or understanding law, civics, psychology etc.
Most large cities have at least a 2 year degree requirement. Federal agencies usually have a 4 year degree requirement.
You start to see a less educated pool of workers in smaller towns and corrections.
Omg!!!! Degrees would beget higher salaries that would definitely detour the desires to become an officer as a quick fix for lack of esteem and courage 💯
I know that is right, I thought back in the day, that is what Law Enforcement courses were for and they had to have psychology course too?" "Anyone can join the force, specially if you are white or passing for white lol, stupid, racist, or criminal ect...
GEDs with GUNs
A degree???? How about good ole fashion common sense?
The pastor was not obligated to identify, there was no reasonable suspicion of anything.
The woman did a mistake, but owned up to it.
Only the police (and/or local government) failed in this situation. They did not know the law, did not follow it and when they found out they were in the wrong they still arrested the guy on trumped up charges. US police needs more education.
Yes there was RAS, a call has been made and police showed up.
The pastor was in someone else's yard. Some would call that trespassing. He was asked to identify himself and justify the reason for him being there. Put the liberalism down for a few seconds plz.
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the woman failed by profiling too. saw a random black person and called the police
If he wasn't on his own property then there is a need to identify
The lady next door to make the phone call should be charged with false 911 call because she knew and said it on film that she know him and he was supposed to do that and I'm telling you the prosecutor would that get a lot of people in communities in the United States for false calls they need to be prosecuted and use the 911 the right way
People get to know your neighbors. We moved almost 4 years ago and we have the most amazing neighbors, we all look out for each other. I would've walked over and talked to the Pastor instead of accusing him. So sad
There's no point in getting to know your neighbours if they're bitter racists.
@@ashlirabid9614 I have to agree with you there.
They arrested him "anyway". That means that now, for the rest of the pastor's life, he has to answer yes on applications and other documents when asked if he has ever been arrested. This may not sound like much to you, but it is a very big deal with far reaching consequences.
Well, it's a very big deal for rappers. You have to have served time or you will have zero credibility with your music, fans or the industry in general.
@@brucewilliamson7638 umm Bruce please don’t talk on things you clearly know nothing about. I’m sure the internet as a whole has been your resource for that relative statement.
It's a very interesting hypothesis. That depends what state you're in.
No.. he doesn't. The charges were dropped.
@@KTL5637 false. Arrest, charge, and conviction are all different stages, and depending on the state, it can remain on a person’s record and can also be a check the box question. Look it up.
It is not a crime to help a neighbor. We are called to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. This is awful! The problem is with the other neighbor who called the police.
Don't break the law or law will break you.
@ John where did the pastor break the law? Was it him watering the flowers, was it him not providing ID or was it he was black?
The crime was the “pastor”was acting like an idiot.
@@williamsmith5872 How, because he wouldn’t show his ID? It’s not a crime to not show the police ID & the neighbor didn’t show hers as well. Clearly, you have never been stopped before by the police for doing normal everyday things. Your ignorance is showing
Are you really that ignorant. Anybody can call the cops and make a report anonymously or not it is the police duty to check it out. The police did nothing wrong here the so-called pastor is a moron and deserves to be handcuffed. Tired of all the black crybaby stuff. Obey the police commands that is the law that the rest of us abide by or pack up and move somewhere else.
If pastor would have been respectful and cooperative from the vet beginning with the officer’s job to provide safety it would be okay.
We need to help everyone to do their job well by being supportive and helpful no matter our gender, race and religious status.
You're delusional and anti American there is no excuse for 3 cops not knowing the law
I support both sides. A third neighbor called the cops and complained. Cops could have said, "Do you have a license or paperwork to water the lawn and garden?" I am not the third neighbor.
Oh I didn’t know watering flowers was a crime or a right to ask for his details! Unbelievable!
20 years at least
You are missing the point. It's trespassing car that is what made the neighbor make the call in the first place not watering your flowers.
He didn't live on that property and refused to ID. Cops have all the right to detain him
Watering while black...no one needs ID while helping neighbor keep their flowers alive. But risk not keeping their neighbors alive too. Yikes folks.
When neighbors call the police saying someone isn't supposed to be there, the police do have reasonable suspicion. The ID should have been presented. Although annoying, in this case, the pastor was wrong to be difficult. He wont win any lawsuit.
I am an Alabamian, and this disgusted me!!!! My heart broke for.Pastor Jennings, you didn't deserve this.
I wouldn’t come to any part of Alabama .
Pastor misbehaved. I'm from Alabama.
@Siobhan Fogarty LOL
nice Irish name
Why..
They asked for ID and HE REFUSED..
@@markconner3234 What was his suspected crime? He does not have to provide ID unless suspected of crime (the crime of watering flowers as evidenced by the hose in his hand). Or do we live in a police state where anywhere you go you have to provide your papers to whomever ask???
Thanks for doing good
This is an amazing story. The neighbor owes him a huge apology.
"Alabama law allows officers to ask for ID if there is suspicion of a crime." Where was the crime? Last time I looked keeping the flowers blooming is NOT a crime (in any state). My heart goes out to this decent man.
@Harold Albert she was not being a good neighbor. Who tf calls the cops on someone watering flowers regardless? She just realized she made a huge mistake and wanted to take it back. Smh.
@@inmyass6882 He probably hadn't gotten the hose yet. She may have seen him bending over in the bushes by the house as she drove by and assumed the worst, all the while he was turning the water on. There is a whole spectrum of possibilities, *don't presume the worst one.
She apologized later in the video and he told her it was an honest mistake and she was fine. She was the one that went and got his wife and daughter later.
They had no reasonable articulable suspicion. They’re in the wrong all the way around. This is a huge problem with cops these days, they don’t even know that there are laws governing their actions too. For the most part, cops are douchebags.
I agree, she looks stupid, this ain't about race...
If you are not suspected of a crime you do not have to show ID. There was ZERO reasonable suspicion.
Didn't have to show ID because he was on PRIVATE property also.
@@LB01334 at that time he had no ID on him , wife brought later.
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Actually you’re wrong there was plenty of reasonable suspicion here, 1 he was by his own admission on someone else’s property
2 that homeowner was not home
3 he a very belligerent attitude from the very beginning
4 had no identification on his person
That only applies if it’s his property which it wasn’t
Did they ask the white lady for ID?
You know...even if she didn't know who he was....he was doing no harm to anyone or anything. More neighbors should help out each other the way the pastor did. Unless you see real harm...people should just mind their own business .
The fact that someone called the police because someone was helping a friend. Is crazy. If the home owners are not worried then why is someone else getting involved.
Don't just put it on the woman. The police can choose how they respond to an incident, and they didn't do a good job. That's on them, not on the woman who made an honest mistake and called them. At least she had the balls to admit to her mistake while the police didn't.
@@akoilngas1215 Well, while we're at it, the pastor could have done a much better job of handling himself. Getting rude, terse, and turning his back on them while walking away was kinda asking for trouble.
@@BigBri550 What part of any of that is against the law?
Yeah, thought so.
Just out of curiosity, do you work for a Chinese intelligence agency or do you just like the idea of a police state?
@Ellie5621 she did
@Ellie5621 That's a Karen for you! Ugh
OK the question I have is they believe the woman that came over and said who he was. They didn’t ask for her ID to make sure she was not lying and just pretending she knew who he was. Please explain that??!!
That my friend is none other than systemic racism and bias at work.
Thank You!!
Tammie P The cop knows he's wrong but he doesn't care because he has a whole racist JUST US system to back him and without the power of the state that cop or that matter any white male wouldn't approach a pastor who happens to be black !!
To tell you the truth - it's unexplainable. You see because of their racist disposition, their logical thinking got flawed.
The white woman who vouched for him in the end, she was the same person who had indeed call the thugs on him.
She wasn't suspected of criminal activity.
The end times are here
Falsey accused someone of a crime is a crime, right?
We wish we were all lucky enough to have a neighbors this kind. Wish you the best man. Also, I don't take my ID when doing yard work. Maybe I should?
"...to have a neighbor this WHITE." - There. Fixed that for ya.
I am always in my yard good gracious! Now I got a find somewhere secure my ID…💒🙏♥️
If a man is working in the yard, he's wearing pants- and he has his wallet on him. Nobody goes anywhere without his wallet. The man had ID, he was just too stubborn to show it.
He refused any attempt to provide ID, he could have easily asked the Officers to accompany him to his home to get same. The cops in the vid were extra polite with this dude.
Kind? She was the one who called the police. She felt guilty when she realized what she did was wrong.
This pastor needs to make sure this arrest is truly off his record. I had where one of my dogs died while I was out of state. My husband was caring for them and the day I got back he had a stroke and several small ones before. I got back. I was served papers to go to court because I took my dogs to the vet and I had him care for them. The case was dropped and years later I found it was still on my record and I have to spend hundreds to have it removed. I got very I’ll after and still haven’t had it removed. My advise is to get a lawyer to make sure that his arrest is off his name. I hope some one tells this pastor to have an attorney look and make sure it’s removed.
Thats incredible Marilyn, what a tangled web you went thru, from the sound of it. I hope your health is better now, and that your dogs are doing ok as well. My well wishes to you, hoping you get a clean record soon 😃
@Marilyn Calvert, I hope all is better for you. Your experience is NOT unusual. One of the real dangers /consequences of false arrests is that the charges are dropped but the arrest remains on the victim's record. Your advice is excellent. In this case, I would contact an attorney for advice on "the next steps. Peace.
It takes time , thousands of dollars , and a mountain of paperwork to get your record expunged. Source - I did it for a living.
Hello, because she is White, Duhhhhh.... LOL
Marilyn, he wasn't arrested. He was detained until police were able to identify who he was.
Maybe I should start carrying my ID with me when I mow my lawn just in case cops think i’m going to break into my own house.
The neighbor that called the police probably called the owner and the owner of the house probably cursed her out and told her mind your business, we asked him to water the plants
"If they suspect him of committing a crime..." How dare he water someone's garden. Like Josh Wilson's song says, "Why does kindness seem revolutionary? When did we let hate get so ordinary?" I'm thankful the pastor wasn't physically injured.
yeah. every criminal just can refuse to show a ID by saying he is watering flowers.
@@dieterrosswag933 you damn right he can refuse to give his ID and they ask him for his SS# what the hell????? When they asked her, for ID she refused and not a damn thing happened to her and she's the one who filed a false police report
If this surprises you wait till you hear about India. Just this week several Muslims were arrested for performing Namaz at their home.
once again...you(and many like yourself)are looking for a narrative that shouldn't have been there. the pastor could have diffused this right from the start...he chose not to.
The " stupid pastor " looked for it for being so uncooperative and arrogant!
That’s exactly what I was going to say. SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO SHOW ID WHEN SHE VOUCHED WHO HE WAS. They just took her word for it - while still arresting him! Then the Police Officer was coming up in his personal space - NOT LISTENING TO HIM. As if they were calling him out. Police saying all he had to do is talk to them - THAT’S WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO WHEN U KEPT COMING UP ON HIM TELLING U!
Why should they this never stops then they get sued never do they learn well now it is time to hit those wallets. The state should not have to pay for those cops mistake, but this is the south 🙄
@@dachellmcghee8901 yeah
Being white gives you credibility.
Being black makes you suspicious.
Yes! Every word!!
Plus the law states that the police can ask for I.D. if they are doing something suspicious. Watering plants is not suspicious. So the police had absolutely no right to ask for ID and that was a complete insult to ask.
The neighborhood knew he was supposed to be there but called the police anyways!!?
The more things change the more they stay the same...😞😞😞
Very sad. Once he said, “I live across the street,” on top of the fact it was OBVIOUS he was simply watering the lawn, the cops should have gotten in their car & drove off. This is the sad truth as to why many dislike police.
Because criminals would never lie about what they're up to and they all wear masks so you can spot them from miles away. The cops are obviously stupid and should take guidence on how to do their job from a bunch of nobodies that most likely have zero respect for the law.
Once he said he lives across the street they could have just ran the address.
Actually, the cop should have went knocked on the door of the " Karen " or " ken " who made that call (911) and put the handcuffs on THAT person. But of course, that person is a White liar (like most of them......cop's I mean), and that pos that called.
And the white neighbor came and said. I called you. AND THEY STILL ARRESTED THE MAN????
@@puggirl007 I'd do the same, although I wouldn't be as patient. A grown ass man making such a scene instead of identifying himself and carrying on with his day.
It's scary that you live a law abiding life and you're harassed for nothing. Things like that are why people don't like police.
Most of them are ignorant and shouldn't not be cops. Harassing black people all the d@m time, worry and keeping up with black people all the d@m time, its sad but true? "Guilty of being stereotypical of others is a motherf@cker!
"Law abiding life?" How does a cop just know this about some random stranger? Isn't it time to stop thinking that every encounter with cops needs to be confrontational?
If you have a better way just join the force!
@@MauriSky2437 go to bed
@@MauriSky2437 what crime was he committing?
@@byanymeansnecessary9329 to our knowledge we know the whole story. The police were called, know little to nothing about what’s going and so they need information. Asking for ID is a good way to identify if the person lives at the home he’s at.
Tip for the police department, get Landglide app on your phone or call back to the base camp...both can tell you who lives across the street in about 5 seconds. Not sure I'd trust the lady who reported him anymore though...
How dangerous can anyone be with a 💦 water hose?! It was not even a weapon! Arresting a neighbor for doing someone a favor. Cops should do their job just this is nonsense!! . ✅✅✅✅
The grace he has. He told her "Your okay" after that most people would have had a very different response.
he's handcuffed and says his family's going to get her son a graduation present, wow this is going to cost the city
Cameras were in and this guy wanted to win big in a lawsuit and he will. Still, what happens was wrong and disgusting.
Why isn’t he more angry with her? She’s the one who called the police. They were just doing their jobs.
I may have been angry if I was in his shoes. he had nothing but grace
@@armande1519 she didn't even apologize you can tell what's up with her
This is disgusting. They come up to him and ask what he's doing when he's LITERALLY watering flowers. What does it look like he's doing?
Pouring gasoline 🤷🏻
Someone called the police because he's not the person that lives there., you can't understand the police doesn't know this? specially without an ID that states where you live, sherlock
@@David-vi9jq He wasn’t in a public area, he was on private property with permission. He doesn’t have to give his ID. He told them who he was and why he was there, yet the white woman comes in with no ID and police just take her word.
Just straight up ignorance 😡 I'm so pissed off by this video and then that dumb ass neighbor whom called the police... I wanted to slap her face 🙄
@@David-vi9jq don't u have neighbors and if one of them ask u to do something for them aren't u going to do what they ask u?
In my country they will say "thank u for watering my plants " omG i cancel to move to US i see people are more wicked there geez
Please stay away.
@@rupertpicante2079 my very pleasure