‘A Badge Does Not Give You the Right’: Court Sends Message to Alabama Cops Who Thought They Could Get Away with Arresting Black Pastor for Watering His Neighbor’s Plants
Michael Jennings, a Black pastor from Childersburg, Alabama, was watering his neighbor’s flowers when he was confronted by police officers who demanded his identification, accusing him of acting “suspicious.” But Jennings, who is also a former police officer, knew his constitutional rights and refused to hand over his identification, telling the officers that he was “Pastor…
