Michael Jennings, a Black pastor, was watering his out-of-town neighbors' plants when the police showed up — and arrested him. 'You could tell by the tone of his voice I was already guilty,' he told NPR.
A longtime pastor at Vision of Abundant Life Church in Sylacauga, Ala., Pastor Michael Jennings recalls the moment the Childersburg Police Department arrived at his neighbor's house and arresting him while watering his out-of-town neighbor's flowers.Pastor Michael Jennings/The Embry Law Firm
A longtime pastor at Vision of Abundant Life Church in Sylacauga, Ala., Jennings recalls that, when the police arrived at his neighbors' house, he immediately noticed the officers' behavior. "I'm supposed to be here. I'm Pastor Jennings. I live across the street," Jennings told an officer, inDuring the 20-minute exchange caught on body camera on May 22, a Childersburg police officer approached Jennings; on camera, the pastor could be seen watering plants in his neighbors' yard.
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