06-02-2020, 07:04 PM
Trump's America
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/he-told-charleston-police-i-am-not-your-enemy-then-he-was-handcuffed/article_e7de4b0a-a43f-11ea-a019-1f9e6a20ea55.html
Another one. Arrested for speaking and nothing else. pic.twitter.com/h5n4sEcWU5
— Ben Taub (@bentaub91) June 2, 2020
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/he-told-charleston-police-i-am-not-your-enemy-then-he-was-handcuffed/article_e7de4b0a-a43f-11ea-a019-1f9e6a20ea55.html
Quote:In an interview with The Post and Courier, Jordan, a 23-year-old Charleston resident, said he spent the night in the county jail. He was charged with disobeying a lawful order, according to a police report.
He is among the more than 60 who have been arrested in the Charleston area since protests began over the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.
Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds defended the officers’ actions in Marion Square on Sunday. He stressed that Jordan’s two-minute video does not encapsulate a tense protest where a large crowd had been ordered to break up.
“We specifically asked for them, numerous times, to disperse,” he said. “We said if you don’t you will be arrested.”
Reynolds did not say why officers seemed to single Jordan out from the crowd. Jordan said he was arrested around 5 p.m., well before Charleston’s 6 p.m. curfew.
Reynolds stressed that officers were also on high alert Sunday after a night of unrest Saturday, which included fires and looting.
Jordan was among a crew who volunteered to clean up downtown Sunday morning. He swept the streets and carried plywood to help business owners board up their storefronts. In the afternoon he headed to Marion Square, near King Street.
A crowd of about 200 gathered. At some point, Jordan, a black man, knelt on the ground.
“My plan was to get all the people beside me, kneeling behind me, kneeling with me,” he said in an interview. “Showing the cops that we are no threat. We are no threat at all. We just want to make the world better.”
In the video, several white protesters can be seen crouching around him, placing their hands on him.
“I would love to see the best side of everybody here,” Jordan told police. “This is not the best side of everybody here.”
“If we charge you, if you charge us, what is that really doing?” he added.
None of the officers responded. Instead, they stepped forward, and took him away.
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Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.
