A black man helped his drunk neighbor get home -- and got arrested

[saidsimplesimon]

Last edited Wed Nov 28, 2018, 12:56 PM - Edit history (2)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-black-man-helped-his-drunk-neighbor-get-home-and-got-arrested/ar-BBQakHW?li=BBnb7Kx

A black man helped his drunk neighbor get home — and got arrested

Michael Brice-Saddler 15 hrs ago

A black man who was arrested in Montgomery County, Md., earlier this month after helping his intoxicated neighbor says he thinks his race was a factor in the incident.

The arrest took place on the morning of Nov. 17 outside 23-year-old Samir Ahmed’s Silver Spring home. After safely dropping off his neighbor — who was drunk and repeatedly falling down — Ahmed said he noticed numerous police cars and firetrucks gathered near his driveway.

Someone had called emergency services to aid the drunk man, Montgomery County police told him. Ahmed explained he’d already walked the man home. An officer then asked him for the man’s exact address, and Ahmed was reluctant to share it, telling The Washington Post on Tuesday that he felt the situation had already been resolved.
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[LakeSuperiorView]

1. The link is broken, extra dashes..

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-black-man-helped-his-drunk-neighbor-get-home-and-got-arrested/ar-BBQakHW?li=BBnb7Kx

[saidsimplesimon]

2. Updated, thank you

[Mosby]

3. He's going to have to cop a plea.

They covered their bases with all those charges, probable cause or not.

[Blue_Tires]

4. Isn't that a really disproportionate response

for a phone call about a drunk person??