‘I Will Shoot You In the F–king Head!’: Illinois Cops Threaten to Kill Innocent Black Man After Detaining Him By Mistake, Body Camera Footage Shows

Illinois cops were convinced the Black man they had pulled over was the man they had been seeking over an alleged shooting – never mind the fact the Black man’s license plate and model of his car differed from the one they were seeking. It was only after Woodridge police threatened to shoot Derrick House in the head while yelling contradictory commands, then placing him handcuffed in the back of a patrol car, that one cop decided to check his notes to see if they had even arrested the right man. “I don’t think this is the right car,” said one of the Woodridge police officers. “This is the wrong car.” Woodridge Police officers pull over Derrick House at gunpoint. (Photo: Body camera footage) The car they had been seeking was a black Volkswagen Tiguan with the license plate number CN 79384. The car House was driving was a silver Volkswagen Atlas with the license plate number CN 49263. The suspect car also supposedly included a Black man and Black woman while House was driving alone. That was when the cops decided to release House from custody, with one cop even taking the blame for the blunder, something we’ve rarely...