Man Arrested 60+ Times For Trespassing At His Own Job

"A Florida convenience store owner is preparing to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against local police after collecting more than two dozen videos detailing what he describes as regular harassment by officers against both customers and his employees.
The Miami Herald reported that since installing cameras at his store in June 2012, 207 Quickstop owner Alex Saleh has amassed footage of Miami Gardens police arresting people for trespassing despite them having permission to be at the store, as well as conducting searches without a warrant and in at least one instance, reporting a trespassing arrest saying one of Saleh's employees was loitering outside the business when video of the arrest showed him being taken into custody while he was working inside.
The employee, Earl Sampson, has reportedly been put in jail 56 times, searched more than 100 times and questioned more than 250 times over the past four years, despite Saleh informing police on several occasions that he worked at the establishment."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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[@heavenlee834]

Do you realize how many real criminals they could have been arresting instead of wasting time arresting an innocent man?

[@juliankaye8143]

Arrest real criminals? You mean ones that might be carrying guns? Oh no, much better to arrest people going about their work. Then they can stay in the office doing paperwork!

[@lucasgarcezxyz]

not much since they're the police hahaha

[@jonothandoeser]

Yes, thy could have arrested themselves and caught some REAL criminals!

[@ianbattles7290]

Right? Think of all of the man hours and taxpayer dollars these cops wasted *just to harass this one guy...* These cops screwed the taxpayers out of thousands of dollars just because they have some inexplicable grudge against Earl Sampson specifically.

[@w2385-i2s]

And we lecture other countries about human rights.

[@eyesackisaac5641]

Ironic and hypocrisy

[@quai4447]

It’s craxy

[@logidet]

@w23857980 well said, sir.

[@MrDjmorales]

Human right lecturer for hire.

[@robertbenedicto1033]

Like in our country philippines. Warned our government for human rights violations.

[@WWEJeffHardyBabex]

This might be a stupid question, but how can you trespass in an open store?

[@DatGrA2b]

Alexendra Holmes the only way I can think of if the owner ask you to leave and you refuse that is than consider trespassing

[@beauulvick4055]

Ahh by taking out the garbage is the only answer I can think of.

[@MrRottweiler72]

You can't trespass if you work there

[@adri2shadow]

Police Logic: just by being black

[@tommason2501]

Nooo amazing fckin question salute to you...good 1

[@rachelgarber1423]

Glad his employer is standing up for the man

[@ianbattles7290]

Like Cenk says, "they knew after the FIRST time that he was an employee, not a trespasser". If this isn't intentional malice, it's record-breaking levels of incompetence.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

I agree, many would fire the Black man because it was too much work having them around to be racially profiled sadly.

[@StormW16]

How ironic... having to install cameras to protect yourself from the police... 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jacksonestacado7409]

Not just protecting his employee, but he has to protect everyone outside and coming to his store. This guy is an awesome boss, and an upstanding member of his community. Because he is protecting his community from the police. Much respect. And Earl you have an awesome constitution for being harassed and not lassing out. If all people were like you there would be no war or hate. Jah Jah Guide your true heart, to the divine glory that waits for you. You walk the path of the almighty exactly like the almighty. May your feet, body and soul, be washed with the tears of joy of the almighty Jah Jah.

[@WorksopGimp]

Scary but shows not any real crime to deal with

[@jacksonestacado7409]

@@WorksopGimp also local people outside of the shop got arrested as well for nothing. Wasn't just Earl. Shop owner put up cameras to protect his community from police.

[@christopherkleinbach5237]

Everyone is doing it now.

[@johnassal5838]

It's basically why dash cams became standard in Moscow years before it was commonplace in the US. Sure the traffic is a mess so accidents are frequent but without those cams those Russian cops under Putin will either arbitrarily assign blame or extort bribes. So. Yeah. Not to minimize the fairly obvious racial motive here but it's not so novel to have to protect yourself from the forces of supposed law and order.

[@chipmunktubetop]

"Officer, let me clock out first."

[@Bullfrog92020]

chipmunktubetop Don't clock out! I'd be sittin' in jail "Yup, still on the clock! Gettin paid!" lol ;-)

[@Chris-ny6bi]

Bullfrog 92020 correct.....

[@djstory2001]

chipmunktubetop lol

[@Lamia7609]

chipmunktubetop best comment ever!

[@GTPR3]

And this happens in "the greatest country in the world" and "the land of the free".

[@Knyex]

+GTPR3 Yeah, it's the land of the free. Black people clearly aren't "the free" though.

[@edwardlolley734]

+Nicolas Reali when will people see when the gov talks about hate crimes they r trying to turn people against each other the gov and some police pick on blacks it is wrong very wrong but if u look it's them getting white and blacks fighting each other so we don't see what they r doing NO MORE let us the people turn r eyes on the gov and police what they r doing is called waging the dog a trick so u look here and not at them we r all people we r all human so lets stand together and stop this before it's to late it dosen't matter if u r black white mexican spanish indian both kinds arabian etc united we stand divided we fall we r all brothers and sisters i love u all let's non-violently take back r country and r world

[@thisisrtsthree9992]

+Nicolas Reali i tihnk his dosent usse it

[@Durzo1259]

+GTPR3 But it *is* the greatest country in the world; I know this to be true because America says it more often than anybody.

[@Knyex]

Durzo But it's not. That's why we want to Make America Great Again.

[@2blessed4stress48]

WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK EVEN IF OUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!! Got DAMN I'm so fuckin tired of seeing my people treated this way!!!!

[@Knyex]

+NEANDERTHAL SLAYER Well maybe the Neanderthals are tired of you slaying them! Hypocrite.

[@2blessed4stress48]

move along......

[@mysteriouskommando7718]

you're going to lose

[@Knyex]

Oscar Jaure Who? Me or Neanderthal?

[@2blessed4stress48]

oh its coming!

[@Bluecollarrider]

Cop should be fired immediately

[@wilfdarr]

Plural. This isn't one cop. They make good cops look bad.

[@miybre]

They investigated themselves and found cops didn't do anything wrong.

[@marikiemarie7622]

@@miybre overplayed

[@ericwood2062]

They should all be fired! They know they're doing bad things, they just lie to us so they can get away with naughty behavior!

[@miybre]

@@marikiemarie7622 I know that's really the sad part. Then they wonder why people don't respect nor trust cops.

[@jdb79jdb79]

Funny thing is that I was constantly harassed by the police where I grew up from the age of 13 to about 21. When I was 16 the cops could now pull me over and they did, the harassment was constant. One month I just documented every time I was pulled over. I wrote down, where I was stopped, why I was stopped, who was with me, if I was issued a ticket, the officers name, the date and time and a brief description of the events. I was pulled over 26 times in 30 days, and issued 3 tickets. This is just the thirty days I documented, but for years before this is how I lived. Knowing that if the police saw me, no matter what I was doing, I was going to be stopped, searched, and harassed illegally. Especially from 15 on. You see when I was 15 my dad suddenly died, he used to be the one who would go in and stand up for my rights and teach me to do the same. One day I was stopped by an especially awful officer here in my hometown, officer McIntyre. We were heading opposite directions on a side street. I didn't even wait for him to initiate the stop, I knew it was going to happen. So I just jumped out of the car threw up my hands and said "what now, what do you want this time?" The cop says license and insurance, I give him the info he wants. I asked why did you stop me. He said you were speeding in that parking lot. I say OK what's the speed limit and how fast was I going? Of course he had no answer because he was just making shit up like they always did, and had never clocked me. I was just so frustrated, I mean this was the 26th time in 30 days I was stopped and harassed like this, I started to cry. This piece of shit cop looks up to me and says, and I quote verbatim, "Your not so tough now that your dad's not around to protect you" In that moment I wanted to kill him. I took the list to the city attorney and when he realized that documentation existed and that there was approximately 40 different people as passengers that would tell the same story I would he called the police chief and ripped him a new asshole. The city attorney demanded action against the officers. I believe officer McIntyre was demoted from a detective to a beat cop because of this. You just have to carefully build a case against them, while trying your best to be lawful at all times and respectful of the police that are harassing you so they don't get you locked up on some manufactured bullshit in the meantime. It's like a dance, don't insult them, but also stand your ground, refuse to cooperate as much as possible while NEVER ignoring lawful orders. Build the case they can't beat and document EVERYTHING just like I did on paper but also use cell phones, back then we didn't have them. It's your only chance against crooked cops.

[@andiidoode]

Very well done sir, this is exactly what everyone should do in these kinds of situations. As difficult as it may be, try to build the case as you say, and ensure that something is done.

[@jdb79jdb79]

I was lucky to have smart parents that taught me to not trust the police JUST because they were police. They were smart to prepare me to defend myself against the worst actors of every group, including police.

[@blondinehodge6647]

Jh i

[@blondinehodge6647]

Gt

[@brisalaafricana765]

Excellent strategy.

[@Wolfie713]

Didn't read all the comments, just gonna put this out there.. But how can the cops arrest the guy for trespassing? In order to do that, the owner of the property would have to make the complaint. Considering that it's a place of business that is generally open to everyone (with possible exception of people banned by the owner), there isn't really any trespassing unless it's in an area that the person isn't authorized to go in. So arresting him for trespassing is just utter bullshit.

[@etherraichu]

Well that was brought up a while ago, but its no wonder you couldnt find it here, given the almost 6,000 comments. The owner had previous signed a "Zero Tolerence Zone" agreement which let police arrest people they suspected of tresspasing. The owner eventually revoked the agreement, but the police didnt actually stop.

[@Wolfie713]

etherraichu What I'd like to know then is, after the first time or two, what became their reason for suspecting him of trespassing when they already knew he was employed there and most likely on duty at the time? This reminds me of the Stanford Prison Experiment then went bad very quickly. Corruption at its finest.

[@Seekerxl]

+Wolfie713 👏👏👏

[@JoeShopper]

He wasn't arrested for trespassing. He was arrested for being black in public.

[@Wolfie713]

Joe ? LOL no, I'm talking about the 'claimed' charges, not the real motive.

[@recalcitrist1]

Don't be so hard on the cop, the dude looked very suspicious as he threw out trash.

[@logansGT]

***** I agree.....did you notice the sneaky way the guy walked and the way he carried the trash?

[@jaykerouac2]

***** What about the way he opened the door when he went back in the store? His body language looked very suspect.

[@KJCrush]

And I mean, let's honest; he IS black.

[@get2rog]

There is no excuse for stupidity and especially racism. I will admit it looked like he was taunting the officer. You see him looking over at him but perhaps he was plain fed up of these cops continually harassing him.

[@KJCrush]

get2rog I was being sarcastic. Lol.

[@julierice7522]

arrested for having a job, oh dear.

[@leahjordan5501]

julie rice and the first thing racist people say is all black folks are lazy and need to get a job. BUT WE CANT EVEN WORK IN PEACE?!?!....

[@TahtahmesDiary]

@@leahjordan5501 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@ianbattles7290]

There's no possible way a cop could be corrupt/stupid enough to engage in such excessive misconduct, create a paper trail via arrests/citation, and NOT EXPECT TO GET CAUGHT. THIS IS THE BEHAVIOR OF A COP WHO KNOWS HE WON'T BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS. He has zero fear of consequences.

[@jonathanvasquez3538]

White people

[@briafx]

right smh and will try to demonize the victim

[@belindakremer4738]

+PSN: IgotPTSDfromCOD ARE YOU FUCKIN CRAZY????? WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND DOES THAT??

[@ThatBoomerDude]

There are people who are stupid enough to think that all cops are like this.

[@Spic]

+Belinda Kremer criminals numb nuts.

[@problemsulfer]

he could have lost his job due to all those idiotic arrests.

[@Shroooms]

you would normally

[@alexsylvestre7778]

Oh you stepped outside and your black... come with us🤦‍♂️😂😂

[@leahjordan5501]

Alex Sylvestre super crazy... like I’m not surprised....

[@costa200]

Something is weird here... Even the stupidest cop on earth wouldn't make the same mistake 60 times. Even if it is racist profiling, how could they do the same mistake 60 times? And the way he was picked up? Go right to him and just snatch him like this? Would like to hear the other side to this. It just seems unreal.

[@jrclayton4552]

well unfortunately there are some very stupid ones out there he needs to sue the whole department and the city Council and each individual cop

[@ErnestosTheBestos]

Consta unfortunately using logic is frowned upon. Glad to see someone could see through media bs.

[@costa200]

Brigerre Berry I guess that makes sense. Thanks for that man!

[@lolabigcups7121]

the other side of the story really so you think there has to be something else going on because there's no way a cop with violating a person's civil rights for over a year interest in for no reason 60 times and then no other police to do anything about it if you believe that what country do you really live in cause you don't live in America

[@lolabigcups7121]

Brigerre Berry first let me apologize I ment to replay too the guy you replied to I must've click your response by mistake. Secondly the rude nature of of your comment was unessary. I bid you adieu

[@WWVND]

Good on this business owner for having his employee's backs. Most business owners would simply fire their employee for being arrested, even though they did absolutely nothing wrong. This owner however bought 16 surveillance cameras to protect his employee which is just awesome.

[@lancerd4934]

They leave out some of the worst details. - Earl was mentally handicapped. - He also was forced to plead guilty to trespassing every time he was arrested because he couldn't make bail and would have had to stay in jail until a trial date, and pay court costs he couldn't afford. The one time he did try to fight the charge, he spent 20 days in jail awaiting a trial, and even though he beat the charge, the judge still issued a stay-away warning, so it wasn't just the cops, even the local court system was in on this. - The cameras were specifically installed after 4 years of harassment, specifically to catch the cops doing it - they weren't security cameras he already had to deter thieves, they were anti-cop cameras. - Before resorting to installing the cameras, the store owner invited Earl to come live in the store, meaning that he was getting arrested hundreds of times for trespassing not just at his workplace, but _in his own home_ - The police also arrested many customers (all black people) in the store for trespassing over several years, often while they were waiting in line at the checkout, so it wasn't just this person that they had some personal beef with. - None of the police involved ever received any disciplinary action whatsoever.

[@K71090]

lancer D where can I find this info. I wanna read up on it. Thanks.

[@oneprettycookie7446]

How can you trespass at the store without owner consent?

[@MrShadow1617]

No pun intended but trespassing in a store is only valid if the store keeps e.g. a blacklist of names and people, that did some rude or destructive shit.

[@jeffro20gauge]

Wow

[@bgilley8199]

@@oneprettycookie7446 They know very well he's not actually trespassing, but in order to fight the charge he has to post bail, get a lawyer, and come back to court, or stay in jail until his court date if he can't make bail...what they are doing is forcing him to accept the charge because he feels he has no better alternative.

[@MrJreed1000]

But in all fairness.. He was black at least 51% of those times.. So .. Probable cause ..

[@bigSlime6403]

Bru stfu dont give the pigs benefit of the doupt

[@Ms.NoNo2]

Maurice Clayton r/whoooosh

[@tlcrobles]

MrJreed1000: I’m at the park laughing at your comment and people are looking at me like I’m crazy! There are actually a couple cops here now, but I’ll probably be ok since I’m black way less than 50% of the time! Wild On A Whim: Right? Ha ha ha!

[@MoneysWorld1989]

😭😭😭😭

[@markdavis1166]

MrJreed1000 sometimes people don’t understand sarcasm lol I hope this cop gets what’s coming to him.

[@Mazxlol]

I thought they can only charge trespassing if the owner of property press charges? correct me if im wrong. this story is weird.

[@ayb111]

+Mazxlol He was arrested but not charged. They can arrest you all they want, they just cant' keep you in jail if the owner doesn't press charges.

[@ayb111]

+Mazxlol Actually, that is the law in my city. It might be different there.

[@nonbiz1520]

+Mazxlol early on the store owner gave the cops permission to put their "crime watch" or whatever it said, sign up. After that the cops felt they had authority over the whole damn place

[@alicenika6549]

+SoooGood1975 They said once he had (on him) when they arrested him.I get it's illegal but come on , 56 arrests and then they let him go ? The more that meets the eye is some police officers are racists enough to arrest African-Americans just because they breathe the same air as them. Plus they didn't quickly move on they said it as a plus . They are giving all the facts from every angle and then they say their opinion on the matter.

[@maeganzofnas9814]

The owners didnt press charges thats why only once was he actually charged for something which was marijuana procession, not even trespassing charges

[@deetjay1]

Must be a "non-approved" trash bag violation...Very serious...

[@rustyshackleford2627]

How does this happen, it’s total insanity..!!!!! And what about the judge who is allowing it to continue..?!?! Something very wrong here..!!!!!

[@gilbertwoodward75]

Even the judge is a racist

[@jimatmile56]

This is clearly harassment. A question you guys didn't ask was how can the police legally arrest someone for trespassing when there is no complaint from the property owner? The cops don't own or control the property, so where are they saying the complaint is coming from?

[@kevingreen2400]

Cop 1: Its a slow night Cop 2: Wanna go roust Earl? Cop 1: Lets roll...

[@RobertRiver]

Great work. Never Served and Protect More like Harrass and Collect .

[@kaciesp]

Ok, I have over 17+ years in law enforcement and I do not know of any state where you can file trespass charges on someone or arrest them for it if they work there or live there. And some courts have even up held that you can not be trespassed from the only hospital in your town or from a bank that you have an active account at if that is the only branch in your town. As well as from any government buildings. This is 100% illegal and this needs to be released to all local and state media and yes, they need to file civil action against the police.

[@clearcutter74]

I don't think it's true that this guy has no legal recourse just because he can't afford an attorney. If he's been arrested 57 times with absolutely no cause then that's an insane case of harrassment. Aren't there civil attorneys that would take this case and sue the department? The attorney would get paid when they win the case. It's not legal to arrest someone without a reason to. Period.

[@urasoul]

legal representation is a poor replacement for speaking for yourself and knowing the truth of court process

[@2bRealist]

What about just shooting the crooked cops? Seriously, why isn't the local militia looking into these tyrannical police officers? one extreme deserves another ;-)

[@nyonelove7617]

He absolutely has legal recourses.

[@803brando]

the ACLU will send a team of lawyers for this guy, its a slam dunk case.

[@Windchild69]

I am sorry but this is the new way the law is. Even if you fill out all legal forms right, (lawyers have forms for every action they do!) so You can try to counter what the lawyer dose in court. THAT dose not count any more! For the law says you need a lawyer to fill out the right forms or they say you are practicing the LAW!!! The judge dose not have to lesson to you! Yes this is happen in all poor places! No one takes cases like this any more because there is too much corruption in the system and the lawyer know they will just get over ruled! We the poor no long have voice in court!

[@kpdvw]

Is it not the Property owner who decides on who is "trespassing"? What business is it of the police to decide who is "trespassing"? Maybe the Property owner needs to arrest the police for trespassing on his private property!

[@writerconsidered]

that was my thought too. Maybe the property owner should have pulled a restraining order on the cops. Nah just sue the bastards

[@TheCakeIsALieGxG]

writerconsidered That problem hooks into what Cenk said, which is they don't have the money to hire a team of lawyers. The business owner did the best thing he thought he could to prove there was something actually occurring by setting up the cameras, seeing as his word only against the police, who do you think a jury would believe? I mean fuck, that part where the cop just waltzes right in and pulls aside the man who took out the trash... who would believe that without the footage? I still don't even know how or why with that, he didn't look suspicious at all to me. Not even a little bit. It's just a black guy taking out the trash, why is that so terrifying? Ooooh nooooooo he didn't separate the metals and the plastics! He's going to be the downfall of our country!

[@writerconsidered]

TheCakeIsALieGxG I agree with you and now that he has the footage he should hire lawyers to sue the bastards with the footage.

[@Kartracer6]

The Owner signed an agreement with the police to remove trespassers. He later claimed that Earl Sampson was an employee but has since then failed to show any documented proof he's ever worked for the company.

[@Splexsychiick]

its sad really its just a small time business. how often do small time store owners who hire someone from the local neighborhood to help out at a store to keep them off the street keep paperwork. He probably isn't even getting paid much anyway. I mean I've had jobs where I just show up then do work then get paid. the government jobs that I had I did sign papers and wavers and what not but that's a different story.

[@craze1701]

It's not only black people that get harassed. I lived in Kissimmee over ten years ago and would go to the store late on my days off because I worked overnight. I was stopped twice and both times they claimed my license plate lights were out. The first time they let me go and I headed straight to the store to get replacement bulbs. In the parking lot I looked at my lights, and they were all working. The second time I was stopped, the cop gave me the same excuse, and I told him I just replaced the bulbs. H walked over to his car and immediately walked back and gave me back my ID. A year before that, I was dating a girl that was going to a cooking school in Kissimmee. I used my sister's car, dropped her off, made a right on 192, changed lanes and drove under a traffic light. A cop stopped me. He told me that I blew past the stop sign before 192. I told him there is no stop sign there. He told me that I cut someone off when I turned onto 192. I told him as soon as I realized I cut them off (the road has a curve), I changed lanes. He THEN told me I ran a red light. I told him the light was just turning yellow when I went under it. He walked around the car and said the license plate was a couple days expired. He HAS to give me a ticket for something if he stops me. Many cops in Florida are dicks.

[@lordblazer]

your license plate can be a few days expired. you replace it within the month. that it expires that cop gave you an unlawful ticket.

[@LibsRockU]

Nobody is saying that it's only black people that get harassed by cops. But black folks experience FAR GREATER proportion (for no reason).

[@craze1701]

LibsRockU I know that it's not just black people who get harassed. But they get harassed way more than most others.

[@craze1701]

***** And that's the problem with society.

[@nercothematcher2365]

craze1701 That's the problem with america.

[@ChibiQilin]

'Murica. Clearly that employee should stop trespassing at his own job. He's lucky the cop didn't stand his ground against all that thuggery he was engaged in while taking out the trash.

[@muddshshshark]

"Please don't taze me sir!! "Officer requesting Backup at 7/11" !! He's lucky he didn't get shot and killed.

[@sopcannon]

+Mud Sh-sh-shark Officer requiring backup and can't carry all these doughnuts alone.

[@richardmetellus2336]

Imagine if he got fed up (rightfully so)and fought back .it woulda been over for him

[@Harkness78]

Just a follow up to this story, in June 2015 Sampson and several other unfairly persecuted men in the area won a court settlement against the MGPD. The chief of MGPD resigned a month later. The police officers had been given a quota to search/detain black males from ages 15-30 regardless of probable cause. Sampson had been stopped and detained multiple times, but it exponentially increased when his boss complained to the City about the cops behavior, that is when they started showing up every day and arresting Sampson, basically to try and drive him out of the area and to punish the store owner. They used the fact that Sampson has plead guilty to trespassing on the stores property on one occasion, which he only did because it meant they would release him and he wouldn't have to go to court, to arrest him time and again instead of just searching him.

[@nerys71]

so any follow up on this story??

[@BlackLabelSlushie]

If this is true, it is absolutely outrageous and I hope he is awarded millions. Unfortunately, I have to use the word "if," since TYT has a demonstrated history of slicing, editing and spinning the living shit out of stories like this. Like the other day slicing up a video showing a black woman being bullied at a "traffic stop" while hiding the rest of the video showing it was not a traffic stop; it was her SECOND stop after already fleeing and leading police on a car chase. So far, I saw 10 seconds of video of one unidentified black man, being stopped ONCE. If the store has a year of tape, why not show at least 30 seconds of stop-after-stop-after-stop? Why do they refer to 1 year of tape, but suddenly the example they give is of the guy being stopped over 4 years? If what the store has on tape is so compelling, why the only example refers to a period 75% NOT on tape?

No you microbrained fuckwad, the point in the other video was the cretin in a uniform shooting at a vehicle filled with children. Your knuckledragging opinion that shooting at children is OK under certain circumstances is where you have made your fundamental mistake, because you're a fucking born slave.

[@RebornLegacy]

1. The rest of the video did not exist you fucking moron. You can find that video on GlobalLeaks channel that's where they got it from. The video on their channel is exactly the same. They don't have a history of selectively editing shit, and this one false example you provided does not prove anything. 2.That still doesn't justify the shooting at the van. Maybe they should have read the news article or something, but all they went by was the video, which was NOT edited you ignoramus. 3. Oh wow. So now you want to be skeptical. Obviously he has the rest of the tape, you're just looking for a dumb reason to find him guilty. They didn't have time to make a montage because the guy didn't release the hundreds of other tapes. He's a store owner not a fucking video editor dude. If he says he going to court with the tapes, why the fuck would you doubt their existence?

[@Gnomefro]

Seán O'Nilbud "Your knuckledragging opinion that shooting at children is OK under certain circumstances is where you have made your fundamental mistake, because you're a fucking born slave." Either that, or you are too stupid to realize that the vehicle in question may be a danger to other people. Depending on how you do it, such as shooting out the tires, it can easily be the safest solution to defuse a situation with a desperado.

[@RebornLegacy]

Gnomefro 1. Shooting at tires could still cause him to miss and if the bullet ricochets it could hit one of the kids. 2.It was not a highspeed chase moron. I doubt the vehicle was a hazard to anyone, seeing as how she drove slow as fuck.

[@ContextEffects]

Seán O'Nilbud How do you know he was shooting at the children themselves and not the mother, though?

It's ridiculous (harassment) police behavior like this that makes it hard to give the police any benefit of the doubt or support.

[@zzasdfwas]

The store owner didn't pay "protection" money to the cops.

[@TheSwiftyWinds]

I wish racism would just stop.. I'm just getting sick of it as I'm sure many are.

[@DeadFishFactory]

We can start by requiring an IQ of over 65 to be a cop.

[@occupythetruth2012]

you are soooo right... it is hopeless... rascism is in every country and its getting $#^$%&$#^$#^$#%#$%$#^$%&^*&(%*($^($ Understood!? :) is getting :(

[@TheSwiftyWinds]

I know racism wont change. But my reasoning stands right? No need to troll.

[@1godonlyone119]

Saint Walker I wish my toilet seat was made of solid gold.

[@TheSwiftyWinds]

Me to so i could sell that bitch!

[@paragonmc]

The home of the brave and the land of the free LOL

[@Philippositivity]

Louai Alasfahani Those Demokkkrat cops think they are still slave owners as only Demokkkrats were.

[@aizhongguo5812]

This is the kind of thing you would hear about in Libya. The US needs to sort its act out. God help America.

[@sangeliastorck8283]

One is more likely to hear of this due to the wackoheads in NYC.

[@georgeedwards7959]

Unless the owner trespasses anyone law enforcement has no jurisdiction or probable cause of a CRIME to do anything. Where's there warrant of that alledged CRIME of trespass. Every cop that harassed that man and his employees would be trespassed from that store and permanent restraining order on each cop involved. Quilified immunity IS definitely gone, collect a fat check from everyone

[@ArcticSlicer]

Can't even do a simple errand like taking out the trash without getting arrested. WTF?

[@vvanishv02]

They probably wanted to get some charge on him on a drug offence bigger than low marijuana use. The police probably think they can score big time in the long run by arresting him over and over.

[@sogghartha]

Florida has a three-strikes law, they probably hope they can put him in jail. Jails which are paid money by the government to keep people locked up, jails which force their inmates to perform work for large companies like Wal-Mart, Nintendo, Unicor and many more, all of this incredibly profitable. These same jailing corporations which give campaign contributions to politicians who in turn create these harsher laws and longer mandatory sentencing laws, they know which side their bread is buttered. It's a sordid web of legalized corruption and legalized slavery.

[@Timbrock1000]

AS OF NOW (2017), THIS CONTINUES. ONE COP WAS FIRED FOR BLOWING THE WHISTLE. This situation as of 2017 has continued. Mr. Sampson has been jailed for trespassing at his store 19 times since February. In December, 2016, a Miami cop was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle and signing an affidavit describing his (former) department's misuse of "Stop & frisk". Also, the store owner has been harrased by police about his "illegal" cameras.

[@Tony007corp]

I went to a HS that was right between a nice wealthy area and a poo area but the school was all poor students since the wealthy area had a private school. We had this school cop who used to harass, taunt and even slam students against walls, one day he slammed a new student a black guy against the wall for being a smart ass, well it turned out the new student was kicked from the private school and his father and grandfather owned like 20mil in local retail real estate. The cop had worked at that school doing what he did with no problem despite complaints for about 4 years after that day I never saw him again.

[@CuddleMuffin20]

Yeahhh money talks bullshit walks.

[@ian-c.01]

Something is just not right with that video. The 2 guys in the shop are standing looking at the door, one of them tells the younger one to take out the garbage and then the other guy steps back against the wall out of harms way. From the outside we see the lad dumping the garbage and go back inside where the 2 older guys are still watching the door then the cop comes in and takes him away. It's like they were expecting this to happen and they didn't even say anything to the cop or to each other, they just stand there looking at the door with hands in pockets. I'm not an expert but that does not look like normal behaviour to me.

[@kong9332]

Agreed. I posted a link in a reply down below to an article from the Miami Herald that discusses this incident in more detail. The actions of the police dept. were investigated by the city, and by the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. No wrongdoing was found. The article stops just short of calling the store a front for illegal activity.

[@MrChaosDark]

if you have been arrested 56 times plus all the other shit. He should be beyond dumb if he did not knew he would be arrested again as soon as he see the cops outside. He steps out with trash because it is his job to do that. This could be the reason?

[@reapereye519]

MrChaosDark that would be my belief too, but i assume Ian Clarke did not realize that that this was not the first time instead it was somewhere above the 100th time, by now i would be used to it too

[@ian-c.01]

Oh dear we've woken up an angry couch potato ! I did realise that this guy had been arrested many times before, that seems very unusual to me too but my comment was about the video showing the unusual behaviour of the 2 guys in the shop. At the end of the CCTV clip, the guy with the bald head turns to someone behind the counter, opens his arms and raises his palms in a gesture which seems to mean "what did I tell you ?". It appears to me that this lad was set up and that seems very strange.

[@MrChaosDark]

Ian Clarke or he told his freinds the cops was after him? and they react to the really weird and horrible situation with a really weird behavior simply because they have given up on acting normal. This is pure terror from the police side nothing more, if he was guilty in anything he would be in jail already.

[@parodyisms]

I think there is much more to this then meets the eye and no, I am not defending the cop. There is no way this could have happened to that same guy more than once without issues, You guys are insane to believe this nothing more than him taking out trash. The way the cop came after him, clearly he was waiting for him. "cough cough" drug dealer No I am not being racist, but there is something more than meet the eye. Arrested 60 times for just taking out the trash at work? I call complete bullshit, after the third time, that guy would "own" that city. Its on record, and after 3 times, he could have lawyers lined up down the street to rep him. Either people here are just naive, or to bias to see the bigger picture.

[@Atlasstock]

Well then, if that's the case, they are literally the worst cops in the world, for failing to catch a single drug dealer in the course of 4 years.

[@parodyisms]

Atlasstock well OJ got away with murder and that bitch who murdered Travis is making a mockery of the court systems, and they are also milking it to keep her in their jails for as long as possible instead of just releasing her to the prison, zimmerman got away with murder and is still in trouble over guns and stuff...point, the law is a joke, and $$$ is their main objective, convicting people comes second

[@xRootsx200]

except all the charges were for trespassing...

[@consolemaster]

xRootsx200 I'm glad you see this. Why not charge him with something else other than tresspassing. Clearly, charging him for trespassing indicates one thing on the cop. The cop is essentially profiling.

[@shaigrae7254]

xRootsx200 you forgot.....at his own job....if that does not prove racial profiling to people I dont know what will...

[@daddyleon]

Normally people dismiss these things as anecdotes... stuff you can't use to show something is broken (while they use anecdotes themselves to say that these things *are* necessary). Now this isn't anecdotal, this is structural.. but then the excuse is that this is just linked to this personal... and still anecdotal. Or, it's just ignored. Damn.. humans suck!

[@wiccaantje]

I think TYT really didn't research this. The police were personal with the store-owner, not the clerk. Why? Because the clerk participated in a zero-tolerence policy, then disagreed and stopped his participation.

[@yes4me]

wiccaantje It is a small detail for the possible motive behind this.

[@daddyleon]

wiccaantje Sorry, I don't understand. It might be because I'm not a native speaker... but, why is that important?

[@wiccaantje]

daddyleon Because you said the following: 'but then the excuse is that this is just linked to this personal...'. And I took it as you saying that this might get dismissed as anecdotal because it's a personal attack and I've just reread it and it doesn't actually say that, probably read to fast, sorry. But because I first thought you said this was personal, I kinda responded because it isn't that personal i.m.o. The attack against the store owner is personal but they are doing it as punishment, if you don't listen to us and do as we say then we'll try to make it really hard for you to do your business.

[@brianmorgan2307]

i wonder what is going to happen to the cops who were doing this now that they have brought a big civil lawsuit against their police department that they will probably lose unless they get a simi valley style kangaroo court jury.

[@wishen4fishen2]

I'm white and this seriously pisses me off as well.The dude is an American citizen for crien out loud! He can go where he wants as long as he's not doing anything wrong,but obviously because of this circus clown with a badge,gun and backing of the state,that citizen can not.If there truly is not more to this story then this makes me feel ashamed of my country.

[@inocvelez3373]

7 years later and nothing change 🤬

[@dangerouslytalented]

A cop who stopped and frisked banksters would have been not only fired within the hour, but would have been arrested within the hour.

[@Footbal550]

And sent to prison for life.

[@dawgaintwyfrom4456]

Sickening!!!

[@ferret3284]

People like that cop won't last long in Australia, we have a lot of Africans, Asians, Aboriginals(natives) and people will just kick his ass and not take shit like that here.

[@MrChrisBozwell]

For even saying you would attack a cop here in the U.S. would get you beat and arrested.

[@ferret3284]

Well thats not where I live.

[@MrChrisBozwell]

But this crime was committed here.. So Should I say to you. Well the cop is not in Australia. So your point is just as mute. Dumb ass!

[@ferret3284]

well no shit this is in America, making a fucking statement shouldn't make someone an idiot about how it would happen in another country. Check yourself before you shrek yourself.

[@MrChrisBozwell]

You would think but look at your response to my first comment... Not bright are you?

[@TheRobinRedbreast]

I wonder why I can't find any updates about what happened with the lawsuit this guy must have filed.

[@waldog550]

When TYT deals with racism, wouldn't it be prudent to have different nationalities host the talk. I'd love to hear a Mexican's banter on 'the border' issues. A black's talk on discrimination. A Muslim's opinion of the Middle East situation. Just sayin'.

[@waldog550]

clycoo5276 They're still a Muslim that (I can only imagine) is every bit as vested in the situation in the Middle East as an American Christian is vested in the situation in the Middle East. Just sayin'.

[@serumser1]

+Waldog "A black's talk on discrimination". white people can be descriminated too

[@maeganzofnas9814]

They have others. Lol in a lot of their videos the show other staff members one of which is black.

[@terryhowie]

Just in case you weren't aware, there are people on TYT from many ethnic backgrounds!! Cena is Turkish, the gentleman that was talking that you can't see in this clip is African American, Ana is Armenian, is that enough diversity for you!!

[@Grimm_Butterfly]

fast forward 2 years later... TYT comments are so tired of the brown people on the show talking about race, tired of women talking about rape, tired of this nag nag nag

[@RandomActsOfGaming]

Man your audio is way out of sync

[@lanascunt]

Bruh I just noticed after I saw this ahahaha

[@dacritter8397]

+RandomActsOfGaming no, it's the marijuana!

[@Kalecimus]

+Da Critter Police officers doing this nonsense are not only racist but they might as well be high on crack cocaine!!!!

[@meganmcgowan5798]

Yeah-- the audio and video skip off track at about 5 minutes in. Before that it seems to be all okay, or pretty close.

[@tracygarner5912]

How do you arrest someone for trespassing without a complaint pressing charges???

[@MojoMountainMan]

News anchor: "ya can't stop someone a thousand times" Cops: "hold my beer"

[@LizziesKindaBeast]

That store owner is a great boss for this.

[@bryanttillman]

Y'know what? I don't have to post here anymore. people DO get it. Thank You all.

[@MeltedPearls]

*high-five and a sigh of relief*

[@michaellyons5457]

I think the man that was rested that many times should be filing his own lawsuit against the city.

[@joeblow5585]

Maybe the black guy planned it? Can you think of a better way to get out of work?

[@defuser786]

its time we change the law, no police officer should be allowed to arrest you at work. and they should treat people with respect otherwise stand your ground a fight them if your in the right.

[@JeffRB]

Good ill kill my main boss while at work they can't arrest me

[@defuser786]

dont incriminate yourself just do it.lol.

[@ijtdkgtrd]

How can trespass be invoked without the owner of the property first making a complaint?

[@mrsparex]

258 videos and we see the same one thrice?

[@theeasilymanipulated]

Any updates on this story?

[@mobettatoon7098]

whatever you know this is a lie...............black dude with a job....

[@MoreBatteries]

Where do you live?

[@mobettatoon7098]

Kyle M said the 15 yr old suburban white kid

[@MoreBatteries]

Mobetta Toon Because it depends on the area, truthfully.

[@snipee7]

And your also a hypocrite cause everyone has % of black in them you dumb ass learn yo facts. you got some black in ya and you dont even know it son

[@Darkbunnyfufu]

Racism aside, your comment was incredibly stupid because it implies that black people, who are about 14 percent of the population, somehow get by without working. Wanna tell me the secret where all of this free money is coming from, so I can get rich too?

[@TheLegendryZelda]

Is there an update to this? If the cop stopped or got fired?

[@Andaverde]

is there an update on this? XD

[@mojisolashabi]

+Demegor Just found this and www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/This-american-life-cops-see-it-differently/385874/ and this fusion.net/story/5568/florida-citys-stop-frisk-nabs-thousands-of-kids-finds-5-year-olds-suspicious/ and this miami.cbslocal.com/2013/12/05/state-attorneys-office-wont-press-charges-against-miami-gardens-officers/

[@rebu7710]

+Demegor Yes...is around 235 times now.

[@XenoX101]

+Demegor The police chief stepped down in a civil rights lawsuit: www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-florida-lawsuit-idUSBRE9BB12I20131212

[@TraumaQueen65]

+Demegor Chief may have quit but the cops got away with it. www.wsvn.com/story/24139110/police-officers-cleared-in-racial-profiling-case

[@elvis316]

+Demegor yes, TYT--follow up.

[@andersbreivik6130]

I'm sure that redhead was hired for her political commentary. "its so messed up though" and her brilliant take on the whole donut cop situation was a real eye opener.

[@TheGildedStar]

Sometimes they just get a new person on the set and I feel like they're giving them a chance to be a new TYT member. But people always have a super hard time chipping in on the conversation because the other TYT guys always talk over each other loudly and it's hard for a new person who feels kinda isolated to be talking over everyone else.

[@NeccoWecco]

She is from PopTrigger, another TYT channel

[@shestolemythunder]

I know it's been some time since this story came out, any news as to what happened with the lawsuit?

[@lunaamore2713]

Officer should be fired for harassing a person. Should be fired for arresting a man with no probable cause.

[@AidenAidens]

TYT please keep us updated on future happenings on stories like this and others when you can. Cheers

[@jobseeker1612]

Why do you assume racism>? It could be a VERY personal vendetta. Police are KNOWN to be that way nationwide. The thin blue lie.

[@richardsalmon2134]

Look at the video again.....

[@freedomwv]

Given the way things are in the American Empire these days, I am not surprised by this at all. Black Panthers anymore? It would be nice if a serious Black Panthers movement would reemerge in America again. Looks like it might help.

[@brierlappin5889]

A serious Black Panther Movement would be labeled Terrorists in a heartbeat by our White Imperialist in Blackface President. Not that I'm against them forming anyway. They would just need to keep that in mind.

[@freedomwv]

Brier Lappin You`re right about that. They were treated like terrorist the first time around so they would be up against the same thing again. But I fully believe something similar to the Black Panthers is really needed right now. Damn cops have gotten way out of hand again.

[@tracygarner5912]

How do you arrest someone for trespassing and no one has complained? Doesn't someone have to call and ask for the cops to arrest him for trespassing? This makes no sense. Where is the police chief?

[@dornagriffin1933]

Total insanity

[@angelefigueira9065]

That is ridiculous.

[@derae121]

That white cop just snatched him right out of the store....that is so wrong,I'm shocked....hope he gets major amount of money for his law suit....

[@L1Games]

What if He's a CI? They would pick him up as to not cause suspicion among his peers. It's a stretch. But I don't know whats going on there so it's worth mentioning that we're only seeing one side of the story. That said, If it is as it appears, well, he has a heck of a case. LOL

[@Neosaigo]

I am pretty sure being arrested that many times as a CI would kind of arouse more suspicions....

[@L1Games]

Heck man, I dunno one way or the other. LOL

[@7tbryant]

CIs' don't file suit a**h***s!!! , moreover, if he was really a CI, he would meet after business hours at another locations stupid... that's how they do it in NYC.

[@L1Games]

So your go to move is to come in and call people stupid. Bravo. I guess you're just a pillar of knowledge. LOL Grow up loser. And I'm not sure how you'd know. Maybe you're a snitch and know all the ins and outs. As I said, "If it is as it appears, well, he has a heck of a case."

[@7tbryant]

***** Indeed... He has a great case.... And all of those officers should be arrested for fraud, and criminal activity...

[@jeiger]

I don't understand what's happening here. Why are they arresting him?

[@joethesheep4675]

The real upside to this story. Most shopowners would have just gone: "Employee has troubles or causes troubles to me and my business. Imma fire him. Get someone else." But this shopowner desides to stand in for his ppl. Put up cameras to proof how they are being harassed by the police and go to court with it. Thats definitly not the easiest way to go for him but its the right way. If every employer would be like this shopowner the world would be a much much better place.

[@phyllis9750]

Sounds like a civil rights case

[@bobbywoodson5326]

this incident is insane!

[@Promilee]

lol amazing, trespassing what? a stores land, or private property? dont you need a complain from owner that he is trespassing? policeman can do what ever they want, really americans should learn from europe :)

[@RoronoaDeep]

Americans are really way behind the rest of the world. Proof is that they still use imperial units.

[@TheKuniff]

and in what way should Americans learn from Europe?

[@Promilee]

andrew johnson self-control, geography, tolerance, and not to shoot people when they is not respecting you because cop cant earn a respect when behaves as stupid fuck ;)

[@The1980Philip]

Andrew Promile "+andrew johnson self-control, geography, tolerance, and not to shoot people when they is not respecting you because cop cant earn a respect when behaves as stupid fuck ;) " What about the fact that a very large minority (over 40%, but not quite half) of Americans believe the Bible is 100% historically accurate, is to be taken literally, and believe the Earth is between 6,000 and 10,000 years old?

[@isthattrue1083]

We don't want to make things worse by acting like Europe.... sorry.

[@alema1443]

He's lucky to be alive that they didn't beat the s*** out of him cuz they're really dirty down in Miami

[@robertmartin6266]

HOPEFULLY THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ABLE TO SUE THE DEPARTMENT FOR LOTS OF MONEY BECAUSE THIS IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.

[@rehabjoebuffet9892]

That guy has some serious patience! After twenty or so arrests I would have been packing some heat!

[@jpollard117]

There has to be more to the story. It sounds way to crazy.

[@BrianSmith-Fitzgarld]

Like what? Is it unbelievable that in the U.S cops abuse their authority?

[@EMPlREtech]

LOL... this happens all the time in bad neighborhoods. You must live in Beverly hills.

[@jpollard117]

Methylenedioxysomething Any chance a civil rights law suit may have happened around the 10th arrest with no charges filed? Why 60 arrest? Just seems to be some parts to the story missing. I wish I could live in Beverly Hills.

[@jpollard117]

Brian Smith Any chance a civil rights law suit may have happened around the 10th arrest with no charges filed? Why 60 arrest? Just seems to be some parts to the story missing. I agree that cops abuse their power but they usually try to hide it and not be this obvious.

[@BrianSmith-Fitzgarld]

Tanner Stage V I'm sure they have a good reason; the people that run the system are themselves as corrupt as the police........they are willing to make excuses and justification for when the police violates black people's civil rights.....they probably wanted to leave no doubt whatsoever, when they take the matter to Court.

[@jbodden6977]

let me guess, the store owner had dark skin issues as well? Or he didn't want to sell his store to a local big shot for peanuts? Something is going on here and the judges are SO obviously in on it... unless its all catch and release before a court appearance... but still someone in city government must realise there is something sick going on there...

[@jimda4910]

I've been telling people this for years, the police pick on people who are the least likely to be able to defend themselves. As the moderator said in this video, you don't see them doing this to Wall Street bankers. I've seen a couple of hundred videos of the police physically pulling someone out of their car and smashing their face to the ground, not one of them was wearing a $3,000 custom suit or driving $150,000 Mercedes

[@VioletDeliriums]

The woman between Ben & Cenk sort of has the same relationship to Cenk & Ana as Flavor Flav does to Chuck D, like a hype man but with a smaller part. She just sort of moves her shoulders around, agrees with everything ("yea" or "mmmhmm" or "right") or adds "so messed up" or whatever.

[@altobyy4855]

lmao thats so true

[@billyumbraskey8135]

And now you're one, too. LOL

[@altobyy4855]

william shadley lol yea

[@JP-gs9wv]

shes kinda cute though lol she can sit next to me and agree with anything i say any day

[@stephensmith799]

See the entry for Earl Sampson on Wikipedia for an update. It is frightening!

[@82McKinley]

The only thing more atrocious than this story is the news outlets, like youngturks, not posting an update with the results of the case.

[@RealStuntPanda]

I'm guessing this is one of those places where they have commercial prisons so are required, by contract, to fill them up. So the cops break the law to fill the prisons.

[@ajgoines1843]

Free donuts lol

[@leilazarmie6184]

Shit,,, can I least get a Black Cop to stop and frisk me... It's already hard for me to get a Black Man...

[@mrwinwin009]

Leila Zarmie I'm sorry.

[@jeanettewest]

Anyone stopped more than twice by the same cop needs to get a restraining order on that cop and or department. Any attorney could get it for him.

[@5yri5]

The owner is the only one who can complain about trespassing to police. Police cant be the complainant.

[@BrianAhearn8597]

Makes you wonder how many innocent people are in jail.