Written by: Lehlieh Zion
Adante Pointer with ‘Lawyers For The People’ is representing three black men falsely accused of waving a gun around the mall. A white man called the police and reported that black men were seen in the store waving guns around. Instead of those police officers carefully identifying who the suspect was, they assumed Greg Pierson and his two friends were the armed suspects and attacked them in the Saks store, pointing guns at them, screaming, “Get the f*** down.”
Unfortunately, officers picked the wrong men, and in fact, they were unarmed. Police say their response was professional and appropriate, but the three black men and their Lawyer, Adante Pointer, think otherwise. The Police officer had the three black men detained and seated on the mall floor for over 2 hours after realizing they had accused the wrong men. The young men who were falsely accused are just in their 20’s and happen to be frequent shoppers at Saks. They expressed their experience as scary, embarrassing, and humiliating.
Pierson’s friend Michel Melson described his experience in a recent Fox interview, saying,
“Very scared, down on the ground. I was listening to everything they said just like I was supposed to ’cause I didn’t want them to shoot me”.
Pierson says they treated him and his friends more aggressively than they treated the white man who made the false call when police discovered the caller was lying. The white man who filed a complaint received a citation for obstructing a police investigation and was released shortly after.
“I would like to see the cops be a little more lenient. Take a little more time. Give us a little bit benefit of the doubt sometimes,” said Peirson.
The young black men are indeed filing a lawsuit, and their lawyer, civil rights attorney Adante Pointer with Lawyer’s For The People, is the perfect attorney to represent them. More information to follow.
