Black real estate agent and his clients handcuffed at house viewing after neighbor wrongly reported break-in
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A Black real estate agent, his client, and his client's son were handcuffed by police earlier this month while viewing a vacant home in Michigan after a 911 caller reported a break-in. The men have criticized police in the city of Wyoming for their response but department officials said the officers followed protocol.
Body camera footage of the August 1 incident shows police arriving at the home and telling the men to exit single file with their hands in the air. The real estate agent, his client, and his client's son all exit the house individually and walk across the lawn before they are handcuffed by officers. The footage captures the agent, Eric Brown, telling the officers that he's a realtor with Keller Williams Realty. The officers told Brown the house had recently been broken into and a neighbor called police because they believed the men were breaking in. After Brown shows the officers his realtor's license and the key to the home, the officers remove the men's handcuffs and release them.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.