Black Male Ambushed and Detained by Police Due To White Couple Feeling "Uncomfortable"

 
Here is the full transcribed 911 call:

911 operator:  “DC 911 What is your emergency?”

Caller:  “Hi yes umm I want to report that there are 3 umm teenagers in the Citibank on Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh...that are waiting at the door to let people in, but aren’t doing anything inside of the bank. Uh we just left but we felt like if we had taken money out we might’ve gotten robbed. Umm so...”

911 operator:  “For verification, repeat that location for me.”

Caller:  “It’s uh, Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street...I’m sorry Sixth Street. Pennsylvania and 6th; Citibank on Pennsylvania and 6th South. (inaudible)”

911 operator:  “You said it’s three of them?”

Caller:  “There is three, yeah three adolescences hanging out inside of the ATM section of the bank.”

911 operator:  “Okay, we’ll have the police respond out. Were you able to get a description of any of them?”

Caller:  “Uhh, three umm African American boys with uhh like flat-top haircuts. One was about 5’7”; one was about 5’11.” One had metal work in his teeth, umm all three had backpacks.”

911 operator:  “And did you want to leave your name and number?”

Caller:  “Sure, it’s ***********.”

911 operator: “Your phone number?”

Caller:  “***-***-****”

911 operator:  “Ok, we’ll have the police to respond out to check them out.”

Caller:  “Ok, thank you. And I have to reiterate the only issue that really made it standout was that they were just...they weren’t doing anything in the bank and as soon as we left they stayed. So, umm that was suspicious.”

911 operator: “No problem, we’re just going to check them out.”

Caller:  “Alright, thank you.”

911 operator:  “You’re welcome.”

Caller:  “Bye bye.”

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An African American teenager who was forcibly detained by D.C. police last year is now suing the city, according to court documents.

Cellphone video showing two officers slam 18-year-old Jason Goolsby to the ground as they try to handcuff him went viral last October. In the video, Goolsby can be seen face down screaming.

According to an investigative report released by police, the officers were responding to a call about three suspicious men near an ATM at the Citibank in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE on Oct. 12, 2015.

A woman had called police because she felt uneasy at an ATM where she encountered Goolsby and his friend.

Cathy Lanier, the police chief at the time, said the police dispatcher made a mistake saying the teens may have been trying to rob people rather than acting suspicious.

The police report found the officers used appropriate force.

According to Goolsby's lawsuit, an officer threatened to use pepper spray on him if he refused to get on the ground. Goolsby, a student at the University of the District of Columbia, ran from officers because he had done nothing wrong and he was scared, the lawsuit said.

No one who was stopped was charged.

Goolsby is suing for $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.

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