Police in west Michigan handcuffed a real estate agent, his client and that man’s 15-year-old son after a neighbor wrongly reported that the three Black people were breaking into a home.
The agent, Eric Brown, told WOOD-TV that the Aug. 1 police response, including two out of five officers who drew their guns, felt aggressive and “threw me back.”
The Wyoming Police Department defended the officers’ actions and said they followed protocol for responding to a reported home invasion.
A police statement said another Black man with a similar car to the real estate agent's vehicle was arrested after he went into the house in the Grand Rapids suburb without permission on July 24.
Roy Thorne, Brown’s client, called the experience in the Grand Rapids suburb “traumatizing” for him and his son.
The department released body camera footage that shows officers handcuffing them. One of the officers had his weapon out and pointed it at Thorne as he left the home in response to police commands.
