Police in Philadelphia threaten black pedestrians for saying “Hi” to a third man.<\/p>\n
Video posted on YouTube shows officers in the US city of Philadelphia detain two African-American men under stop-and-frisk policies just because they said \u00c5\u201cHi\u201d to a third man on the street.<\/p>\n
The video, titled \u00c5\u201cPolice unlawful harassment and racial profiling,\u201d which was published on Sep. 30, 2013, shows the police pushing an African-American man against their cruiser for a frisk because he apparently said \u00c5\u201cHi\u201d to a stranger.<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cYou don’t say ‘Hi’ to strangers,\u201d says one of the officers. \u00c5\u201cNot in this neighborhood,\u201d the other officer adds.<\/p>\n
A second African-American man who is recording the incident on his smartphone is then ordered to put his phone in his pocket and get against the officers\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 car for a frisk.<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cYou\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re under investigation,\u201d the officer says. \u00c5\u201cInvestigation of what? I was walking,\u201d the man responds.<\/p>\n
At this point, the phone apparently falls on the hood of the car and continues to record.<\/p>\n
At one point in the video, the man who is recording the incident reveals that he lives in New Jersey and the officers tell him to go back and never come back to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWe don’t want you here, anyway. All you do is weaken the f***ing country,\u201d says one of the officers identified as Philip Nace by the Philadelphia Daily News.<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cHow do I weaken the country? By working?\u201d the African-American man asks. \u00c5\u201cNo, freeloading,\u201d Nancy responds.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the video where the man explains he is a server at a country club, the police officer says, \u00c5\u201cServer. Serving weed?\u201d<\/p>\n