Man detained over shared name with suspect
by Niklass: Social Media
Police detained a driver solely because he shared a name with their suspect. This leaves many wondering how authorities did not even know what the person looked like.
Transcript (en)
Where's your son? He's in jail. Where? Robson County. He's not there. My son is in jail in Robson County. This traffic stop turned into a $300,000 lawsuit after cops detained the wrong man just because he shared a name with his nephew. Do you know who you talking to, sir? Yeah, the car. Do you know who I am? Yeah, you don't know who I am, but you're on my mind. My name is Jerry Lee Reason Jr. This is my property. My son is in Robson County jail. Calm down. He need to calm down. No, no, hey, listen. What year were you born? I was born in 72. Come on, man. Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You said you're Jerry Reese. I am Jerry Reese. Turn around and put your hands behind your back. You said you're Jerry Reese. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Why am I in handcuffs? Because you're the person on the warrant, not the wrist. You must be looking for my nephew that's in Winchester, Tennessee. Well, he's saying that this is his nephew who's in Winchester in the halfway house. But we're going to go up here and make sure I ain't taking his word for it, especially after you acted like that. They chose to search his house anyway, even though the footage proved they already knew he was the wrong person.
