Arkansas Police Officer To A Group Of Black Men: 'You Don't Belong In My City'

Thankfully this disgraced former Police Officer have been fired, for those wondering. It's about time Police Departments start taking action. Here's the story:

An Arkansas police officer has been fired after telling a group of African-American men that "you don't belong in my city."

The July 21 encounter with England Police Officer Mike Moore was captured on video by one of the men, Demarcus Bunch, and posted on Facebook on Tuesday.

 

Bunch, 28, said he and a group of his friends met up in England -- a small city about 30 miles southeast of Little Rock -- to shoot a rap video in the neighborhood where he grew up. He said the officer watched them as they got together and then followed as they drove through town.

 

Bunch has an uncle who also is an England Police officer, so he said he and his cousin flagged Moore down so they could introduce themselves. 

 

"The reason I walked up (to him) recording is I could kind of feel -- I had a gut feeling -- that there was going to be a bad vibe from the way he followed us everywhere we went," Bunch told CNN. 

 

CNN has attempted to contact Moore but was unsuccessful. England Chief of Police Danna Powell confirmed in a one-sentence news release that Moore was fired on Wednesday.

 

WHAT THEN HAPPENS IN THE VIDEO 

 

In the video, Moore shakes the young men's hands and tells them his name. Bunch and his cousin tell Moore about their uncle and explain that they are shooting a video.

 

Bunch then says they noticed the officer was following them.

 

"You know why?" Moore replies. "Because you don't belong in my city."

 

"We're from here," Bunch replies.

 

"But you understand, I know who my people are, right? Who belongs here and who doesn't?" Moore says. "We've got gang wars going on, we've got all kinds of stuff. I come from the big city where this stuff is small, okay? So, that's cool. Do your thing."

 

"You said we don't belong in your city, though?" Bunch asks.

 

"Can I say something? OK ... I have never seen you here before, and I know almost everybody here," Moore says.

 

 

 

Bunch then points out his address in the neighborhood and tells Moore that he had attended England High School.

 

"Well good for you, my name is Mike Moore, OK. I'm not from here," Moore says. Then he asks the men to step away from his car because he is going to let his police dog out.

 

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