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The man asks Moore to call his superior officer, to which Moore responds that he is a superior officer. When the man refuses to give him identification, Moore calls for backup. “No, I don’t have to give you ID,” the man replies. On the video, Moore tells the man he was there because he was called there for him, and asks if he has any identification. The video had more than 600,000 views April 25. One two minute, twenty second video shows Officer William Moore confronting Townsend. Townsend denied smoking marijuana outside the restaurant. “Yeah, because you were the one smoking weed,” Moore replied. “Because I got called for you,” Moore responded. “You came straight to the Black dude sitting at the table,” Townsend said on one clip. Moore told another officer on the video, “I already know who called.”Īfter the call, Moore approached Marcus Townsend, 20, of Vandergrift, and Townsend began filming. Caporali did not tell the newspaper who called 911.

Vandergrift police Chief Joe Caporali told TribLive Moore responded to the restaurant for a report of a Black male smoking marijuana outside the restaurant. Video Claims to Show Racial Profiling After Police Were Called for a Report of a Black Male Smoking MarijuanaĬop in Pennsylvania who sounds drunk racially profiles an innocent Black man /AUlFbRHciD The most serious charges were dismissed, and he paid a fine for a summary count of harassment.ġ. Moore faced charges in 2017 for allegedly assaulting a teenage boy, court documents indicate. You can watch the video of the incident here or later in this post. Moore was on leave by the following Monday, the newspaper reported. The incident occurred at G&G Restaurant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania at about 8 a.m. He is being paid while on leave, the newspaper reported. Moore, 53, was removed from the schedule pending an investigation into the incident, Mayor Barb Turiak told TribLive. The video shows Officer William Moore confronting a man after receiving a report about a Black male smoking marijuana. A police officer in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania is under investigation following a video filmed at a restaurant, which went viral on Twitter.

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