Bodycam video shows officer punching Alabama store owner who called 911 to report robbery
Alabama needs rioting next. This is ridiculous
Alabama needs rioting next. This is ridiculous
Pig from Alabama physically assaults store owner who called 911
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For some reason I literally thought this would be an Alabama pig
To be clear, a pig from Alabama. I need to go to sleep.
To be clear, a pig from Alabama. I need to go to sleep.
As I hear more discussions about defunding police or reallocating resources, stuff like this is why I feel they need to be the second line of defense. Let a human access the situation, get the particulars and then call in police to do actual police work.
He’s bout to cake off for eating that weak ass punch 
These cops know they have no chance in a fair fight so they attack knowing the average sane citizen isn’t going to attack them back because they respect the authority. Breh would’ve washed then both in a different setting
These cops know they have no chance in a fair fight so they attack knowing the average sane citizen isn’t going to attack them back because they respect the authority. Breh would’ve washed then both in a different setting
He's the victim or a robbery! He has no business eating punches in the first place. They are supposed to be there to help, now all three are attacking him. At least the one put his gun away.He’s bout to cake off for eating that weak ass punch
These cops know they have no chance in a fair fight so they attack knowing the average sane citizen isn’t going to attack them back because they respect the authority. Breh would’ve washed then both in a different setting
Some of his own tax dollars lol.I agree entirely. That's why he's gonna make a ton of money suing their asses
FruitOfTheVale
Superstar
The fact that you have to deal with these clowns in order to file an insurance claim on stolen property... 
General Mills
More often than not I tend to take that L.
They really broke brehs jaw
Family Lives Matter
#FLM
You jobless fukking bum where's my response video fakkit
Black store owner who called 911 to report robbery is punched by cop who mistook him for suspect | Daily Mail Online
Shocking moment black store owner who called 911 to report that he was holding a shoplifter at gunpoint is punched and has his jaw broken by cop 'who mistook him for the suspect'
- Kevin Penn, owner of Star Spirits & Beverages in Decatur, Alabama, reported a robbery at his store on March 15
- He told 911 dispatchers that he was holding a shoplifter at gunpoint
- Surveillance video surfaced over the weekend which showed an unidentified responding officer punching Penn in the face
- Police Chief Nate Allen on Monday said the officer mistook Penn for the suspect
- Penn suffered a broken jaw and had several teeth knocked out in the altercation
- He was also arrested and charged with obstructing a robbery investigation
- Allen said the incident is still under investigation nearly three months later
Published: 04:25 EDT, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 16:59 EDT, 9 June 2020
Shocking video captured the moment an armed black business owner who called 911 to report a robbery in his store in Alabama was punched in the face by a responding police officer who mistook him for a suspect.
Surveillance footage from the March 15 altercation at Star Spirits & Beverages in Decatur began circulating on social media over the weekend amid protests over police brutality and racism following the death of George Floyd.
The store's owner, 47-year-old Kevin Penn, had told 911 dispatchers that he was holding a shoplifter at gunpoint.
At a press conference on Monday, Decatur Police Chief Nate Allen acknowledged that the responding officer, who has not been named, punched Penn because he thought he was the shoplifter.
Penn suffered a broken jaw, had his teeth knocked out and needed to get his mouth wired shut as a result, according to his lawyer Carl Cole.
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Shocking video shows the moment a black business owner who called 911 to report a robbery in his store in Alabama was punched in the face by a responding police officer on March 15
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Surveillance video shows Kevin Penn, owner of Star Spirits & Beverages, speaking to officers responding to the robbery report. Penn had told 911 dispatchers that he was holding a shoplifter at gunpoint
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Police said one of the officers (seen right) punched Penn after mistaking him for the suspect
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Penn (pictured) suffered a broken jaw, had his teeth knocked out and needed to get his mouth wired shut after the altercation, according to his lawyer Carl Cole
Allen presented body camera footage from the incident at Monday's news conference in an effort to be 'transparent' about the ongoing investigation.
The video shows officers coming into the store and the suspect, later identified to be a person involved in an alleged shoplifting at Penn's store, lying on the ground.
An officer walks past the suspect and tells Penn to put down his weapon. Penn refuses saying: 'I have a right to have my gun.' Allen said that's when Penn moved his hand over a gun lying on a counter next to him.
'We do know there was a gun there, we do know that the magazines were there, we do know that he was reloading the magazine,' Allen told reporters.
Penn's lawyer said his client had showed his gun to the officers to let them know he was armed.
Penn had also removed the clip and ejected the bullets from the weapon, Cole said.
The video shows Penn telling officers he's going to file a complaint as they came close to him.
The body camera footage doesn't clearly show what happens next, but surveillance video from the store shows an officer punching Penn and being joined by two other officers to wrestle him to the ground.
Penn was handcuffed and arrested on a charge of obstructing a robbery investigation, according to court records.
Decatur police Officer J. Rippen wrote in the records that Penn 'refused to obey lawful commands to put down and back away from a firearm while officers were attempting to investigate a robbery'.
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Bodycam shows cops punching black store owner who called 911
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Body camera footage released by the Decatur Police Department shows the moments leading up to when the officer punched Penn (right) in the face
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An officer is heard asking Penn to put down his gun (circled in white) and Penn refusing to do so. Penn's lawyer said he showed the officers his gun so they would know he was armed
Allen declined to name the officer who punched Penn but said he has been placed on desk duty while the department investigates the altercation.
The identity of the shoplifting suspect, who was arrested the same day, was also not released.
Penn filed a complaint with the police department over the altercation but has not been given an update on the status of the investigation, his lawyer said.
The police chief also added Monday he doesn't know when the investigation, which started in March, will conclude.
Asked whether the punch amounted to excessive force, Allen said officers should use the 'least amount of force necessary to get the job done', AL.com reported.
He noted that many cases involving an armed suspect end with police shooting the person, adding: 'I would much rather have a punch than an officer-involved shooting.'
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Officers are seen wrestling Penn to the ground before they arrested him on a charge of obstructing a robbery investigation
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Police ultimately determined that a shoplifting had occurred at the store (pictured) and arrested a suspect, whose name has not been released
This shyt makes me sick
The police chief who is black and said this
I am ill
The police chief who is black and said this
I am ill
CreepyMcCreeperson
Veteran
So much for that 2A support. Where is the NRA on this one?
