CHILDERSBURG, Ala. (WBRC) - New video released tonight of a Childersburg pastor who was arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers.
Pastor Michael Jennings of Vision of Abundant Life Ministries in Sylacauga, was confronted & arrested by police while watering flowers at a neighbor’s home.
“Y’all racially profiled me,” Jennings said in the video.
“We’re not racially profiling you,” the unidentified officer responded. "Yes, you did,” replied Jennings.
“No sir, no sir,” the arresting officer rebutted. “We’re not about that okay?”
“I told you I was here watering flowers,” Jennings responded. “How do we know that’s the truth,” the officer asked.
“I had the water hose in my hand! I was watering the flowers,” Jennings laughs.
Jennings was arrested & charged with obstructing government operations. Those charges dropped the following month.
Police say someone reported a suspicious vehicle & person on the property.
“It represents an abuse of police powers. It represents racial profiling and it represents law-enforcement officers intimidating a person who actually understands & knows their rights,” his attorney Harry Daniels said.
The charges against Jennings were dropped the following month, however, Daniels said they were still planning to sue the department.
“These cases put law enforcement on notice & the country on notice that these types of interactions. Thank God that my client had a cool head. He didn’t get aggressive or defensive in a sense & he complied when the officers grabbed him. It could’ve went a different way. Pastor Jennings could very well not be here today.”
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