Police Officer Harassment — Philly Cops Detain Young Black College Student Because He Beat Them At Basketball???

“Shooting some b-ball outside of school when a couple of cops they were up to no good.. trying to start making trouble in my neighborhood.”

21-year-old Samir Hill is a point guard at Allegany College of Maryland.?Recently Hill was playing a friendly game of basketball with some friends Philadelphia when two?police officers happened to pass by. The officers engaged in friendly trash talk which lead to a an impromptu game of one-on-one with Hill.

Hill absolutely shook and burned both officers, making them look old, fat, and slow — which they were. But it was all in fun and the officers left the court smiling and joking with the youngsters.

Hill’s?friend posted the video on YouTube and it went viral very quickly. This would seem like a great public relations video, maybe invite Hill down to the station for a few public relations photos for some billboards. And viola, you have a public relations win for the Philadelphia P.D. But Philly P.D. decided to take a slightly different approach.

Instead of embracing a public relations gold mine, they instead turned it into a public relations disaster. Not long after the video went viral Hill was “detained” by Philadelphia police for about two?hours while they searched his car. They did this while Hill was handcuffed and brought to the police station. They claimed they were looking for his “friend.” No charges were filed and he was released.

This is one of the dumbest cases of police officer harassment I have ever heard off, this could have been a great story if not for the stupidity of the Philadelphia P.D.

Here is a Young Turks video covering the story.