‘I’m Not Doing Anything Wrong’: Georgia Cop Approaches Black Man While He’s Working, Arrests Him for Allegedly ‘Loitering and Prowling’ After He Stood His Ground and Refused to Provide ID

It was after midnight when Georgia cops spotted a Black man doing his job by sweeping the exterior of a business in a strip shopping mall and arrested him for loitering and prowling after he refused to identify himself – which was his constitutional right considering officers had no reasonable suspicion he had committed a crime in the first place. The charge was dismissed several hours later when a lieutenant reviewed the arrest report and told officers they must release him because it was an unlawful arrest. His mugshot, however, is still posted online as if the charge is still pending. David Smiley, a Black man who was working sweeping the front of a grocery store after midnight, has sued the Glynn County Police Department in Georgia after he was unlawfully arrested for not identifying himself. (Photo: Bodycam footage and Facebook) Now David Smiley is suing the Glynn County Police Department over his unlawful arrest, accusing officers of violating his Fourth Amendment rights by unlawfully detaining, searching and arresting him as well as assault and battery, false imprisonment and failing to intervene when the commanding officer at the scene allowed the arrest to proceed. Defendants listed in the lawsuit are...