Black realtor and client looking at a home for sale get handcuffed and held at gunpoint by NINE cops

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The second linked story from Fox19 says that NINE cops showed up in total and the police have admitted that the bodycams of SEVEN officers [including those of the first two cops on the scene] have conveniently ALL somehow been "destroyed". :rolleyes2:
Black realtor and prospective buyer are detained at gunpoint by white police officers while looking at a home for sale after retired cop called 911 claiming they 'forced entry'
  • Anthony Edwards and his realtor, Jerry Isham, on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against City of Cincinnati and three police officers
  • They claims the cops, all white, deprived them of their civil rights by putting them in handcuffs in November 2018
  • Isham was showing Edwards a home for sale when a retired police officer, Thomas Branigan, saw them and called 911 to report a home invasion
  • Three officers arrived and one of them drew her service weapon and pointed it at Edwards after ordering him to put his hands up
  • Both Edwards and Isham were handcuffed and the realtor had his pockets searched by Valentino, who retrieved a stack of business cards
  • Both men were eventually let go, and Branigan admitted to police that he did not have a good view of the door when he called 911
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...yer-black-handcuffed-police-looking-home.html
https://www.fox19.com/2019/07/16/la...ally-detained-by-cpd-after-retired-cop-calls/




Bodycam video from the female cop who forgot to destroy her evidence - police hold them at gunpoint @ the 2:00 mark :curse:



A Cincinnati realtor and his client have filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging deprivation of civil rights and false arrest stemming from an incident last year in which a retired white cop called 911 accusing them of breaking into a house.

According to the 16-page complaint filed on Monday, prospective homebuyer Anthony Edwards and his real estate agent, Jerry Isham, who are both black, were scheduled to view the property at 1093 Morado Drive in West Price Hill on November 17, 2018.

The two men used a key left for them in a lockbox outside the front door to enter the residence.



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Anthony Edwards and his realtor, Jerry Isham, were viewing this home on Morado Drive in Cincinnati on November 11, 2018, when a white neighbor called the police on them

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Officer Rose Valentino's body camera video recorded the moment she and three colleagues responded to the breaking and entering report

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Valentino handcuffed Isham, even though he told her he was a realtor showing a house

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She searched his pockets and found a stack of business cards confirming his identity


While they were inspecting the home, a retired Cincinnati Police Department motorcycle officer Thomas Branigan, who is white, called 911 claiming that he had just seen 'two black male subjects force the front door open,' according to the lawsuit obtained by Fox 19.

Branigan, who lives in the predominantly white neighborhood, told the dispatcher that while the house on Morado Drive is for sale, that day no open house was being held there.

Three police officers, all white, responded to the breaking and entering report.

Officers David Knox and Dustin Peet arrived first. They were then joined by officer Rose Valentino, whose body camera captured the interaction that followed.

In the video, Valentino is seen drawing her service weapon and pointing it at the house while yelling at Edwards and Isham to raise their hands and come out.

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Isham's nine-year-old son was waiting for his father in his car parked nearby

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Edwards (left) told one of the white officers that he and Isham are being treated this way because they are black


Edwards tells the officers that he had an appointment to view the house and identifies Isham as his realtor.

The would-be homebuyer expresses his disdain for 'white people calling goddamn police,' to which one of the officers replies that the caller was just being a 'good neighbor.'

Officer Valentino then orders Isham to turn around so she could put handcuffs on him 'until we can confirm' his story.'

Edwards, meanwhile, unleashes a diatribe claiming that if he and Isham were white, they would not have been treated this way.

One of the officers takes umbrage at Edwards’ words and insists that he and his colleagues are just doing their job.

'I don’t give a d*** if you’re white or black, we’re doing our job here. Man, this is incredible,' the officer tells Edwards.

He then warns the man that playing the 'race card' 'doesn't fly.'

Branigan, the retired cop who was said to be armed, was allowed to be present near the scene.

‘None of the officers involved...undertook any action to secure the scene at 1093 Morado Drive by having the complainant (and his firearm) immediately removed from the vicinity so as to promote and ensure officer safety,’ the complaint states.

After Valentino retrieved a stack of Isham's business cards identifying him as a real estate agent and searched his pockets, both he and his client were let go without any charges.

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On Monday, Edwards (left) and Isham (right) filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the three cops, accusing them of depriving them of civil rights


‘Sorry about that, sir,’ Valentino tells Isham in the video. ‘We can only go by what's reported to us.’

The realtor's nine-year-old son was waiting for his father in his parked car, according to the lawsuit.

Edwards said he felt like he and Isham were targeted because of their race.

‘Basically we were guilty until proven innocent in their eyes,’ he told Fox 19 on Monday. ‘It was all about we’re black, they’re white, and this retired police officer’s word is over us all and we had no defense until they found out, “Yeah, they are here looking at this house.”’

An incident report compiled by police after the fact indicated that when officers talked to Branigan, the retired cop admitted that 'he didn't have a good view of the entry and may have been mistaken.'

The lawsuit names the City of Cincinnati and the three responding officers as defendants, but no Branigan because civilian reporting possible crimes have immunity under the law.

The complaint alleges deprivation of civil rights, false arrest/false imprisonment and destruction of records.

The third count stems from the plaintiffs' allegations that seven body camera videos capturing the incident have been destroyed.

Edwards and Isham are seeking unspecified damages and attorneys’ fees.
 
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If a report of forced entry is called, common sense should tell you to look for signs of forced entry. Since there were no signs of forced entry why the need for cuffs. Then asking for ID? Then asking which pocket it’s in?
 
If a report of forced entry is called, common sense should tell you to look for signs of forced entry. Since there were no signs of forced entry why the need for cuffs. Then asking for ID? Then asking which pocket it’s in?
Not all signs of forced entry look like what you may envision as forced entry. Lock picking, bump keys, an ajar window leave no signs of forced entry.

Forced entry only means that someone who isn't authorized to enter the property gained entry through alternative means to bypass locked windows or doors.
 
I grew up in Cincy until I was 18.
Didn't realize how segregated and racist it was until I went back to visit years later.
What's crazy is that even the middle class black people look down on all lower class black people.
Don't get me started about the new downtown, Mt. Healthy, Forest Park, either.
I could turn this thread into a 10 pager
 
Time to get PAID $$$$$



City apologizes, settles for $151,000 with realtor and client over police response


Published 3:19 p.m. ET July 18, 2019 |
Updated 8:46 a.m. ET July 19, 2019


The City of Cincinnati apologized and settled with a realtor and his client who were briefly held at gunpoint and questioned while viewing a home last November.

The realtor, Jerry Isham, and his client, Anthony Edwards, were viewing a home for sale on Morado Drive on Nov. 17 in West Price Hill.

According to the federal lawsuit the pair filed this week, a retired police officer, Thomas Branigan, called 911 and reported “two black males forced the front door open.”

Branigan told the dispatcher the house is for sale, but "it's not an open house today... They pulled on the front door and forced it open."

Police ordered the men out of the house at gunpoint and handcuffed both of them. For several minutes Edwards and one of the officers heatedly discussed how race may have contributed to what was happening.

After about five minutes, an officer apologized for the misunderstanding and the men were free to go.

“The city regrets this extremely unfortunate and unnecessary situation," Cincinnati City Manager Patrick Duhaney said in a statement Thursday. "Mr. Isham and Mr. Edwards did nothing wrong."

Duhaney said the city agreed to pay the men $151,000 as part of a settlement. He said "voluntary training" with the board of realtors would be made available.


"We are in the process of implementing implicit bias training for all city employees," Duhaney said. "We sincerely apologize.”

Cincinnati's police union president Dan Hils told The Enquirer he believes the officers followed protocol and procedure.


https://www.cincinnati.com/story/ne...r-and-client-over-police-response/1769767001/
 
I grew up in Cincy until I was 18.
Didn't realize how segregated and racist it was until I went back to visit years later.
What's crazy is that even the middle class black people look down on all lower class black people.
Don't get me started about the new downtown, Mt. Healthy, Forest Park, either.
I could turn this thread into a 10 pager
Almost sounds like low key the cop could of been calling cause he knew the house was for sale and didn't want a specific type to buy it.

No way if he lived there, people don't talk or see signs it's for sale.

He see black people looking, and call to just harass them from buying. Ironically, you know that guy isn't.
 
Use the money to buy it, rent it out to section 8 residents! Idk

Using police to redline the neighborhood.

No way they buy the house now, the city pays about 200K In a settlement, evil ass cop wins by keeping his neighborhood white. Handcuffing them also sent a message to the son in the car. Generation pain. Fuck the Police!!!!
 
Whats it going to take, to get people to understand and read the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012?? You do know, at the end of 2012 the government/colony/corporation changed the laws and allowed the media/social media the right to push false propaganda onto the population,, right?? If your not their in person and witnessing these events, always considered them events by the media to push fear and confusion onto the masses!! Since people dont wanna read the laws/acts this colony pass, they are able to hide laws within these acts that they can use whenever they feel like it.. But, dont read them and enjoy your daily programming bought to you by the BIG 6!!!
 
Using police to redline the neighborhood.

No way they buy the house now, the city pays about 200K In a settlement, evil ass cop wins by keeping his neighborhood white. Handcuffing them also sent a message to the son in the car. Generation pain. Fuck the Police!!!!

Almost sounds like low key the cop could of been calling cause he knew the house was for sale and didn't want a specific type to buy it.

No way if he lived there, people don't talk or see signs it's for sale.

He see black people looking, and call to just harass them from buying. Ironically, you know that guy isn't.

He knew it was for sale, in the first video he says “the house is for sale, but it’s not a open house today”. It’s not his house so he didn’t know if someone could view the house that day or not. He was just doing like someone else said, using his police buddies to let the blacks know they weren’t welcome. No way would he have called if it had been two white men looking at that house
 
"Speaking this month to CPD's Internal Investigations Section, Valentino that she doesn't use racial slurs and has no racial biases," said the report. "She also said, ''[expletive] [N-words]' was not intended to refer to all African-Americans, but was specifically and narrowly in reference to the teenager walking down the sidewalk after school.' The officer also said she had been 'desensitized to racially offensive language by music and hearing people talk on the street.'"

According to the report, Valentino has been previously investigated for improperly sharing body camera footage of a homicide scene "to family members over dinner," was once arrested for punching her sister and brother-in-law, and has also faced investigation for failing to turn on her body camera during her shifts and even while pursuing suspects."

This bitch here
 
City apologizes, settles for $151,000 with realtor and client over police response

Published 3:19 p.m. ET July 18, 2019 |
Updated 8:46 a.m. ET July 19, 2019


The City of Cincinnati apologized and settled with a realtor and his client who were briefly held at gunpoint and questioned while viewing a home last November.

The realtor, Jerry Isham, and his client, Anthony Edwards, were viewing a home for sale on Morado Drive on Nov. 17 in West Price Hill.

According to the federal lawsuit the pair filed this week, a retired police officer, Thomas Branigan, called 911 and reported “two black males forced the front door open.”

Branigan told the dispatcher the house is for sale, but "it's not an open house today... They pulled on the front door and forced it open."

Police ordered the men out of the house at gunpoint and handcuffed both of them. For several minutes Edwards and one of the officers heatedly discussed how race may have contributed to what was happening.

After about five minutes, an officer apologized for the misunderstanding and the men were free to go.

“The city regrets this extremely unfortunate and unnecessary situation," Cincinnati City Manager Patrick Duhaney said in a statement Thursday. "Mr. Isham and Mr. Edwards did nothing wrong."

Duhaney said the city agreed to pay the men $151,000 as part of a settlement. He said "voluntary training" with the board of realtors would be made available.


"We are in the process of implementing implicit bias training for all city employees," Duhaney said. "We sincerely apologize.”

Cincinnati's police union president Dan Hils told The Enquirer he believes the officers followed protocol and procedure.


https://www.cincinnati.com/story/ne...r-and-client-over-police-response/1769767001/


a $151k thats it ...?:hmm:

bro ni99as been shot 4 less n thats all they got ...?

tht lawyer sucks ...

they legit could have got lit up ...smh ...
 
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