A Black pastor in Alabama is planning on filing a lawsuit against a police department after he was arrested for watering his neighbor’s plants.
Pastor Michael Jennings, leader of Vision of Abundant Life Ministries, is filing a lawsuit against the city he lives in after police arrested him while he was doing a favor for his neighbor: watering her grass while she’s out of town. The incident took place back in May when he was watering her plants, and suddenly, police arrived at the home and handcuffed him.
The 911 call was made by Amber Roberson, a white neighbor who lives around the corner. ABC News reports Roberson called the police after noticing a gold SUV she didn’t recognize at the neighbor’s house.
Police asked Jennings what he was doing at the house, and Jennings replied, “Watering flowers.” When he told police who he was, they asked to see his I.D.
When Jennings refused, the two argued over whether or not Jennings should give the officers his identification.
“You see a Black man out here watering his neighbor’s flowers and you think it’s something illegal,” Jennings said. “I’m not saying nothing about …,” Smith replied. Moments later, Jennings was arrested after being warned of obstruction charges related to walking away from police. After speaking with Roberson, she told police that Jennings was there to water plants.
He was later charged with obstructing governmental operations, but the charges have since been dropped. Now, he plans to submit a claim to the city of Childersburg, and then he plans on filing a lawsuit.
Jennings lives right across the street from the neighbor who he was watering grass for.
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There is a standard required to be a pastor, and this pastor did not measure up to that standard.1 Timothy 1:5 explains how a minister/preacher/elder/pastor should exhibit himself/herself as a teacher in the Word of God. This pastor could have eliminated the questions by complying and showing his information. He was in someone else’s yard, whether asked to do so or not, the police did not know this person had permission to be there. The pastor’s actions were not warranted to behave in this manner. Yes, there are some horrible, police officers in Alabama, just like in the rest of the country; but we as Christians, should set a better example for the masses. The better example in this situation was not shown,
TJ
For a moment I thought you ended your statement saying the pastor should’ve shown a better example to the “massah!”
That man is tired, just like the rest of us. The po-lice could’ve asked the neighbors I’d they knew the man. I bet your life if he was a white woman watering somebody’s flowers there wouldn’t have been a call and Gods knows they wouldn’t have asked her for I d !
Go somewhere with your slavery time religion!