Biff_Poindexter
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A black man in Maryland was trying to help out his neighbor — then he was arrested
As usual, a black man gets arrested for doing nothing -- well in this case, this man was actually doing a good thing and he still winds up getting arrested. 23-year-old Samir Ahmed was just helping a neighbor in his own community. When Ahmed noticed the man passed out near his front yard, he decided to assist the man and helped him get home...Shortly after escorting the man home, police arrived on the scene in response to a 911 call about a drunk man stumbling and having a hard time standing up.
From the article: Police were responding to a 911 call of an unconscious man who needed help — but once Ahmed returned to his home, police accused him of being the “intoxicated one,” he said. “I explained that I brought the drunk man home, and she [the officer] began to become infuriated when I wouldn’t tell her his exact address,” Ahmed told reporters.
So they detained Ahmed and pinned him to the hood of a car with his hands behind his back. Other witnesses on the scene were telling the police that Ahmed was the man who helped the drunk guy home, he himself was not the drunk guy -- but police ignored the other witnesses. They then searched and luckily found a small baggie of weed in his pocket -- he was ultimately charged with resisting arrest, failure to obey a reasonably lawful order, obstructing and hindering, and disorderly conduct, according to Maryland court records.
Next time, just leave the drunk guy passed out on your front yard and let the authorities handle it -- good Samaritans should only be people who really "look like" good Samaritans and not criminal weed-smoking thugs.
As usual, a black man gets arrested for doing nothing -- well in this case, this man was actually doing a good thing and he still winds up getting arrested. 23-year-old Samir Ahmed was just helping a neighbor in his own community. When Ahmed noticed the man passed out near his front yard, he decided to assist the man and helped him get home...Shortly after escorting the man home, police arrived on the scene in response to a 911 call about a drunk man stumbling and having a hard time standing up.
From the article: Police were responding to a 911 call of an unconscious man who needed help — but once Ahmed returned to his home, police accused him of being the “intoxicated one,” he said. “I explained that I brought the drunk man home, and she [the officer] began to become infuriated when I wouldn’t tell her his exact address,” Ahmed told reporters.
So they detained Ahmed and pinned him to the hood of a car with his hands behind his back. Other witnesses on the scene were telling the police that Ahmed was the man who helped the drunk guy home, he himself was not the drunk guy -- but police ignored the other witnesses. They then searched and luckily found a small baggie of weed in his pocket -- he was ultimately charged with resisting arrest, failure to obey a reasonably lawful order, obstructing and hindering, and disorderly conduct, according to Maryland court records.
Next time, just leave the drunk guy passed out on your front yard and let the authorities handle it -- good Samaritans should only be people who really "look like" good Samaritans and not criminal weed-smoking thugs.