Nationwide — Marcellious McGee, an African American man from Bryan, Texas, says that he was tackled and detained by police during a 4th of July cookout after being mistaken for someone else. The incident was caught on video and is now under internal investigation.
McGee was with family and friends at a backyard gathering on Legion Court when officers came looking for someone named “Marquis.” According to witnesses, police ignored the crowd’s warnings that they had the wrong person and moved straight toward McGee.
“They came to me and I stopped, and I’m looking at the guy like, what’s going on?” McGee told KBTX. “Because they’re charging at me and I have my hands up. And while I’m looking at the officer head-on, another officer came from behind and football tackled me.”
Cellphone footage taken by family members shows McGee being handcuffed and led to the front of the house. In the background, people can be heard shouting that he wasn’t the person they were after.
A few minutes later, another officer arrived and confirmed it was a case of mistaken identity. McGee said police uncuffed him and walked away without any explanation or apology. He had to comfort his children, who were left shaken by the event.
Source: Black Man Tackled by Police in Front of His Family, Then Later Admit it Was a Mistake
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