Ving Rhames was held at gunpoint by police officers in his home after a neighbor reported that a “large black man” had broken in, the actor said on Friday.
“I open the door and there is a red dot pointed at my face from a 9mm [handgun],” the star of Mission: Impossible, Pulp Fiction and other films said on the Clay Cane show on Sirius XM. “They say, ‘Put up your hands’.”
Rhames said the confrontation happened earlier this year and was defused quickly when the police chief recognized him.
So the police chief personally was there to defend you and your home?
And the police response is a problem?
“He said it was a mistake and apologized,” the actor said, adding that he was still shaken.
“He said it was a mistake and apologized,” the actor said, adding that he was still shaken.
“My problem is, and I said this to them, what if it was my son and he had a video game remote or something and you thought it was a gun?”
Wait, so your problem is that something bad might have happened had it been your son - which it was not - and not you - which it was?
So does that make what did happen a bad thing?
Rhames said police told him a neighbor had called 911 and said a large black man was breaking into the house.
“Myself, the sergeant and one other officer, we went over to that house, which was across the street from my place, and the person denied it,” Rhames said.
He continued: “Here I am in my own home, alone in some basketball shorts. Just because someone called and said a large black man is breaking in, when I opened up the wooden door a 9mm is pointed at me.”
Rhames said police told him a neighbor had called 911 and said a large black man was breaking into the house.
“Myself, the sergeant and one other officer, we went over to that house, which was across the street from my place, and the person denied it,” Rhames said.
He continued: “Here I am in my own home, alone in some basketball shorts. Just because someone called and said a large black man is breaking in, when I opened up the wooden door a 9mm is pointed at me.”
Not good enough reason for the police to show up?
You really want the police to not check it out when a burglary is reported?
Or do you think they ought to do it disarmed and not ready for violent criminal resistance?
Or do you think they ought to do it disarmed and not ready for violent criminal resistance?
Remember the Gates incident?
That black chip on Gates's shoulder got him arrested, and the one on Obama's shoulder got the cop a presidential rebuke that was latter publicly regretted.
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