A Black pastor who was arrested by Alabama police while he was watering his neighbor's flowers filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the city and three of its officers.
filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the city and three of its officers.
He said in a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Alabama that his arrest was"unlawful" and violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The suit names officers Christopher Smith, Justin Gable and Jeremy Brooks as defendants along with the City of Childersburg. "Watering flowers," the pastor responded as he pointed a watering hose at the shrubbery. Jennings went on to explain that his neighbor asked him to water the flowers while the neighbor was out of town."I’m supposed to be here. I’m Pastor Jennings. I live across the street," he said, according to the video."I’m looking out for they house while they gone."
As he walked away to continue watering the flowers, officers Gable and Smith placed him in handcuffs, according to the lawsuit. It accused Brooks, the last officer to arrive on the scene, of telling Jennings that he needed to listen to police and"shut his mouth."
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