‘If Any Happens to Me!’: Black Woman Goes Live on Facebook to Plead for Help After White Missouri Cop with History of Abuse and Killings Detains Her in Walmart

Bermeeka Mitchell was still in handcuffs when the Black woman managed to go on Facebook Live to plead for help against the white Missouri cop who had falsely detained her for recording an arrest inside a Walmart. “If something happens to me, please look at the Walmart surveillance camera at the officer that arrested me,” she said from the security room inside Walmart, where she had been detained by a Kansas City police officer named Blayne Newton. “If he did that in public, I am scared of what’s going to happen when they take me to jail.” Bermeeka Mitchell was awarded a $65,000 settlement over an unlawful detainment where she was recording police arresting another woman inside a Missouri Walmart. (Photo: Facebook and Walmart Security Video) Turns out, she had reason to be afraid because Newton has a history of abusing and killing Black people, only to remain a cop and continue his abuse. Earlier this week, Mitchell’s attorney announced she had been awarded a $65,000 settlement over her unlawful detainment. “You just think of the amount of officers that go their entire career and don’t discharge their firearm and the number of officers who go their entire career who...