Porsha’s Ex Says He Was Cuffed For Allegedly Stealing
Actual Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams’ ex Dennis McKinley just lately claimed that he was handcuffed by a police officer after being accused of stealing a sandwich.
McKinley, in a prolonged Instagram publish, outlined the alleged incident, which he mentioned occurred final Friday. He claimed he was “accosted” and “racially profiled” by a cop with the Emory Police Division after he stopped to get some meals throughout a physician’s go to at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta.
He defined that the police officer was standing in line whereas he was making his buy and accused him of stealing the sandwich.
“I had a receipt which may have simply ended her inquiry,” he wrote. “There was a cashier that would have simply verified that I paid for all the pieces I had. There have been plenty of simple resolutions that would have deescalated the pointless racial profiling and my detention by this officer.”
McKinley added that, as a substitute of placing both of those solutions into follow, the officer grew to become “tremendous aggressive” and allegedly positioned her arms on her weapon and handcuffed him “so tight that she brought on accidents to each of my wrists.”
He mentioned she didn’t apologize for the way she handled him and “blamed me for the whole scenario.”
“I may have been the subsequent hashtag as a result of she was that aggressive,” he wrote. “It occurs to us all over the place, at any time, for any motive. I am unable to let this go. This isn’t okay… Now, we will add going to the physician or shopping for a sandwich whereas Black to the listing of issues we can’t do.”
McKinley has employed RHOA star Eva Marcille’s husband, Michael T. Sterling, as his legal professional and chronicled the incident in a sequence of pictures and video clips, which he posted to his Instagram. The primary video exhibits him sitting handcuffed in a chair whereas two law enforcement officials converse to him.
“It does not must be like this,” a voice could be heard coming from an officer who could be seen talking with him within the distance.
The remainder of the media he posted consists of his receipt, which exhibits that he bought a soda and two rooster sandwiches.
Check out his publish, beneath:
Emory Police has issued an announcement to Us Weekly in response to the incident however failed to say McKinley’s title.
“An Emory Police Division officer detained a person suspected of not paying for an merchandise,” it reads. “As soon as the officer realized the person had bought it, he was launched.”
