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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Black man collecting trash from his OWN yard is confronted by at least FIVE cops yelling at him to &#8216;put down your weapon&#8217; even though he was only carrying a litter-picker</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Black man sitting outside his own house in Colorado on FMonday morning, picking up trash was detained by police</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The police officer told the homeowner that he [officer] didn&#8217;t believe he was allowed to be there </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Video shows five cops confronting him and telling him to &#8216;put down the weapon&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>&#8216;Weapon&#8217; turned out to be a litter-picker and the man was eventually let go </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Boulder police have now launched an investigation into the incident</strong></span></h6>
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Distressing video has revealed how a black man was confronted by at least five police officers while picking up trash outside his own house in Boulder, Colorado.<br />
Footage taken from inside the home shows the man, who is identified as Zayd by his friend, having an angry conversation with an officer on Friday morning.<br />
Boulder police have now launched an investigation after the video caused fury when it was posted online, and say the officer who initially confronted the man has been put on administrative leave.</p>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><strong>Cops draw guns on black man picking up trash on his property in Boulder Clorado on Wednesday</strong></h6>
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<div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery">Boulder police have launched an investigation after at least five officers were filmed confronting a black man picking up trash outside his own house<br />
As the video starts, Zayd can be heard telling one cop, who has his gun drawn and pointed at the ground, that he has &#8216;no right&#8217; to be detaining him.<br />
Meanwhile the cop can be heard shouting back at him to &#8216;put down the weapon&#8217;, referring to the litter-picker in his hand.<br />
Reinforcements soon arrive as at least four other cops surround an increasingly irate Zayd, while his friend can be heard shouting at police to leave from inside the property.<br />
Zayd can be heard repeatedly telling the officers that he lives at the property.<br />
At one point he claims there are eight officers surrounding him, though only five are visible at any one time in the video.<br />
After almost 15 minutes the situation begins de-escalating and Zayd walks over to have a conversation with one of the officers.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-309759" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Zayd-1-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="1026" height="1026" />Zayd, a student at nearby Naropa University and handed police his school identity card during the altercation to the gun toting cop to prove he could be on the property, to no avail</strong></h6>
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<div>Zayd can be heard repeatedly telling the officers that he lives at the property.<br />
At one point he claims there are eight officers surrounding him, though only five are visible at any one time in the video.<br />
fter almost 15 minutes the situation begins de-escalating and Zayd goes over to have a conversation with one of the officers.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The two men spend several minutes talking before sharing a fist-bump as Zayd walks back into the house and the video ends.<br />
Boulder police say they are now investigating the incident.<br />
Police said in a press release said the altercation began after an officer saw a man sitting in a partially enclosed patio area behind a private property sign around 8.30am.<br />
The officer asked the man whether he was allowed to be there, to which the man said he lived there and was picking up trash.<br />
He then showed the officer his school identity card.<br />
The officer detained the man to investigate further and then called for backup, saying the man was unwilling to put down &#8216;a blunt object&#8217;, meaning the litter-picker.<br />
A supervisor and several other officers responded to the call, but left after determining that the man had a right to be there.</p>
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<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-309757" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Cops-draw-guns-on-black-man-picking-up-trash-on-his-property-2-300x159.png" alt="" width="868" height="460" /> <strong>Police said the altercation started when one of their officers questioned the man because he didn&#8217;t think the man was allowed to be on the property</strong></p>
<p>Police said the altercation started when one of their officers questioned the man because he didn&#8217;t think the man was allowed to be on the property.<br />
On Monday morning the police force launched an internal affairs investigation.<br />
The Professional Standards Review Panel &#8211; which is made of six community members and six members of the police department &#8211; will then review the findings and provide a recommendation to the chief of police of any further action.</p>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-309756" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Cops-draw-guns-on-black-man-picking-up-trash-on-his-property-1-300x163.png" alt="" width="1372" height="750" />In the video the cops, some with hands on their guns, can be heard telling the man to &#8216;drop your weapon&#8217; &#8211; referring to a little picker he is holding</strong></div>
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Police Chief Greg Testa spoke to the city council on Tuesday night during which he said the incident was &#8216;extremely concerning&#8217; and promised a full investigation.<br />
&#8216;All aspects of this incident, specifically the actions of the initial officer are being investigated,&#8217; he said.<br />
The probe will include interviews with everyone who was involved in the incident, and reviews of all footage including body camera footage. The incident has sparked local protests with protesters holding &#8216;black lives matter&#8217; posters.</p>
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