The Rev. Gregg Wilson admitted that he did not cooperate with officers
last week, but he said the incident should never have happened. The
incident began with Kansas City police searching for a black man
wearing a light shirt and dark pants. "I didn't cooperate because there
was no explanation given to search me," Wilson said. Wilson was about
to take some kids to a ballgame when police officers pulled up. "At the
time, when I greeted him, I said, 'Hi, what's going on?' At that time,
the officer just started trying to pat me down," Wilson said. Weinbaum
reported that officers were responding to a report of a weapon in the
area and from there it all fell apart. "I yanked away from him. The
other officer came and said, 'Put your hands on the car.' I crossed my
arms," Wilson said. That is when the Taser gun came out and that is
when Wilson said he ran. "I am partly responsible. I accept my
responsibility for running and everything. I am partly responsible,"
Wilson said. But he claims the responsibility ultimately lay with the
officers for immediately laying hands on him without an explanation. "I
work in the community. I try to help these kids stay out of trouble,
and you walk up and approach me, not knowing who I am and you treat me
like I'm already a hardened criminal?" Wilson said. [more ]
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