White cop is fired for shocking rant after ‘racially profiling’ two men in mall parking lot – Deputy Constable Daryl Jones was fired immediately after video of encounter went viral
Lawrence Township Deputy Constable Daryl Jones demanded to see the drivers licence of two men in their car after claiming they were ‘suspicious’
Aaron Blackwell and Durell Cunningham recorded their interaction with the officer Jones who was moonlighting as a security officer confronting them outside Nordstrom Rack on the north side of Indianapolis
The officer is heard shouting: ‘Get your driver’s license out now or I will lock you up’
When one of the men says he has no right to see their ID without cause, Jones shouts: ‘I’ve got my rights to do anything that I want to do, I’m a police officer’
Officer Jones called for backup, but an Indianapolis Metro police officer who responded let the men go saying he didn’t believe any traffic infraction had been committed
Blackwell and Cunningham who are black, claim the white officer was racially profiling them
Lawrence Township fired Jones after seeing the video, Nordstrom reportedly also let the officer go
“I have the right to do anything I want to do, I’m a police officer.”- Lawrence Township Deputy Constable Daryl Jones was fired after video surfaced of his heated exchange with two Black male customers at Nordstrom Rack in Indianapolis
A white police officer in Indianapolis has been fired after being caught on camera angrily confronting two black men outside a Nordstrom Rack and accusing them of being ‘suspicious’.
Deputy constable Daryl Jones fired for alleged racial profiling incident caught on camera. The officer allegedly followed the two victims out of the store and then demanded a driver’s license.
The incident occurred November 12th 2019 in Indianapolis Indiana, on the cities north side shopping district.
Deputy constable Daryl Jones fired for alleged racial profiling incident caught on camera. The officer allegedly followed the two victims out of the store and then demanded a driver’s license.
The incident occurred November 12th 2019 in Indianapolis Indiana, on the cities north side shopping district.
Officer Jones refused to provide a reason for pulling them over.
Durell Cunningham said he and his cousin Aaron Blackwell were shopping inside the Nordstroms Rack store in in Indianapolis when they noticed the security guard watching them. He continued to watch them as they checked out, but never approached them inside the store.
When they finished checking out and walked outside, Cunningham says the man followed them outside the store and watched them get into their vehicles.
Blackwell started recording from the passenger seat after they noticed the man following them.
Cunningham said he saw the security guard get into his vehicle and start to come toward them, so he pulled back around and in front of the store — that’s when the man jumped out of his vehicle and approached the two men.
At this point Dep. Daryl Jones approached cousins as they drove out of the parking lot of the store in the north side of Indianapolis.
The pair recorded the confrontation after an earlier encounter with Jones, who they said had racially profiled them and tried to run their car plates.
Jones demanded the pair showed him identification and threatened to lock them up when they demanded to know why he had stopped them.
He told the customers that they were being stopped ‘because you’re suspicious.’
When they say he has no right to stop them, the officer yells: ‘I’ve got my rights to do anything that I want to do, I’m a police officer.’
One of the men involved in the incident, Aaron Blackwell, was a passenger with his cousin Durell Cunningham when a security guard and off-duty deputy constable challenged them for ID
One of the men accosted posted video footage of the incident online ‘Lawrence IN officer harassed me and my cousin after we spent over $1000 in the department store. He watched us buy everything, and then followed us to the car.’
Segueing into the footage, the writer posts ‘This video picks up after we pulled off, and he screamed he was going run our plates once we pulled from the parking spot. So, we circled back to ask him why he was being invasive and abusing his authority!
‘From the video you will see is blatant disregard for being civil or calm, even though we were clear about our complaint without being angry, however we were stern because we believed we did nothing wrong or suspicious!
Segueing into the footage, the writer posts ‘This video picks up after we pulled off, and he screamed he was going run our plates once we pulled from the parking spot. So, we circled back to ask him why he was being invasive and abusing his authority!
‘From the video you will see is blatant disregard for being civil or calm, even though we were clear about our complaint without being angry, however we were stern because we believed we did nothing wrong or suspicious!
The officer never gave us his name or badge number. When he told us clearly in the video “I have the right to do anything I want to do, I’m a police officer!!”
Even though the two men in the video bought the items at the Nordstrom Rack, security guard and deputy constable Daryl Jones stopped them in the parking lot because they were being ‘suspicious.’
Dep Daryl Jones [photo] is caught on surveillance camera inside the Nordstrom store before his angry confrontation with the two Black customers
The situation was diffused when an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer came on the scene to calm and end the situation telling the two men: ‘As far as I’m concerned, you guys are good to go’
It took an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer to calm and end the situation telling them: ‘As far as I’m concerned, you guys are good to go’.
The IMPD cop pulls Jones to one side and asks if the men had shoplifted.
‘No, they didn’t steal items,’ the man can be heard telling the officer.
‘They bought a bunch of stuff, but when they were sitting right here I was trying to get their license plate and he hollers out the window, “You’re not getting my plate,” and he takes off.’
The men then explain the situation to the IMPD officer as Jones returns to his car, and the new cop says that he does not believe there was a traffic infraction.
He also confirms that the men were not required to hand over their IDs, as Jones did not appear to have reasonable suspicion that a crime had taken place.
The cop says on the video: ‘Based on what happened I don’t think either of us have reasonable suspicion to believe there’s a crime taken place, so there’s no reason for a traffic stop.
‘So there’s no legal requirement for you to identify yourself to an officer at that point, and if you don’t want to give him ID you don’t have to give him ID.’
This store in Indianapolis where Durell Cunningham and Aaron Blackwell claim they racially profiled against by a now-fired security guard and police officer
Blackwell and Durell Cunningham were allowed to leave the scene, but were shaken by the encounter and insist that Jones racially profiled them.
‘I just feel violated from my rights and how he went about the situation, it wasn’t professional,’ Cunningham told WRTV.
Lawrence Township Chief Constable Terry Burns fired Jones shortly after viewing the video of the encounter.
Burns told RTV6: ‘He was terminated last night when the video was brought to my attention. I did see the video and made the decision immediately and that pretty speaks of my reaction.’
Burns, an officer for about 20 years, had reportedly also been working for security for Nordstrom. The store reportedly told Blackwell they had also let the officer go from his security duties.
‘I just feel violated from my rights and how he went about the situation, it wasn’t professional,’ Cunningham told WRTV.
Lawrence Township Chief Constable Terry Burns fired Jones shortly after viewing the video of the encounter.
Burns told RTV6: ‘He was terminated last night when the video was brought to my attention. I did see the video and made the decision immediately and that pretty speaks of my reaction.’
Burns, an officer for about 20 years, had reportedly also been working for security for Nordstrom. The store reportedly told Blackwell they had also let the officer go from his security duties.
A spokesperson for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says no report was ever filed from the incident, although an officer did respond to the scene Tuesday afternoon.
Lawrence Township Constable Terry Burns said the man was terminated from his position as a deputy constable Wednesday evening after Burns learned about the video.
“He was terminated last night when the video was brought to my attention. I did see the video and made the decision immediately and that pretty speaks of my reaction,” Burns said.
Burns said the deputy constable had been working security for Nordstrom Rack earlier this week, but he was unsure if he was on that job Tuesday afternoon.
Blackwell said Nordstrom contacted him after he posted the video on YouTube and reached out to their loss prevention supervisor. He says they informed him they had also let the security guard in the video go.
Lawrence Township Constable Terry Burns said the man was terminated from his position as a deputy constable Wednesday evening after Burns learned about the video.
“He was terminated last night when the video was brought to my attention. I did see the video and made the decision immediately and that pretty speaks of my reaction,” Burns said.
Burns said the deputy constable had been working security for Nordstrom Rack earlier this week, but he was unsure if he was on that job Tuesday afternoon.
Blackwell said Nordstrom contacted him after he posted the video on YouTube and reached out to their loss prevention supervisor. He says they informed him they had also let the security guard in the video go.
you cant win on either side. not shocked or ashamed.black folks do look more suspicious unfortunately,but profiling in a mall parking lot???