Ving Rhames to many is a famous and well-known star in Hollywood. Unfortunately, the Trump Effect was in full vogue in California as his neighbor called the police describing him as a big black man breaking into a home. It turns out the man’s only crime was to go home.
Ving Rhames harrowing account of his ordeal as a black man interfacing with cops.
Even Ving Rhames is unable to escape the wrath of the Trump Effect as cops pointed a gun at him in his home because a neighbor thought he did not belong.
According to the Huffington Post,
Actor Ving Rhames says that police officers once held him at gunpoint in his own home in Santa Monica, California, after neighbors reported that a “large black man” had broken in. …
Rhames said it was about 2:15 in the afternoon when he heard a knock on the front door. “I open the door and there is a red dot pointed at my face from a 9 millimeter,” he said. “They say, ‘Put up your hands,’ literally.” According to Rhames, he was confronted by three police officers, the captain of police and a police dog. The situation de-escalated after the captain recognized Rhames from their sons’ playing sports together and apologized. He said police told him they were responding to a 911 call from a woman who “said a large black man was breaking into the house.”
When Rhames and police questioned the woman who had allegedly made the report ― she lived across the street ― she denied ever calling, the actor said.
It is sad that in a day when it is clear that the police is trigger happy with bodies of color, that folks would call cops when no one is in danger., The moment that cop is in the presence of a black or brown body, it is a crapshoot. Is it a good cop or a bad cop or one scared of his/her shadow? Everytime one calls a police officer to mitigate any issue with a person of color, that caller could ultimately be an accessory to murder.
