Man gives change to homeless person, is handcuffed and held by police for an hour
Greg Snider was in a Houston, Texas parking lot, on the phone making a business call. While in the lot, a homeless man approached his car and asked forchange. Snider gave him 75 cents and then drove off. KPRC Local 2 News reported on the shocking thing that happened next.
When Snider pulled onto a nearby freeway, a police car pulled him to the side. Greg was surprised by how aggressive the officer was, telling KPRC, “He's screaming. He's yelling. He's telling me to get out of the car. He's telling me to put my hands on the hood…They're like, 'We saw you downtown. We saw what you did.’ And I was like, 'Are you kidding me? I gave a homeless man 75 cents.'"
He was dragged out of his car and handcuffed. So what was it that police insisted Mr. Snider had done? Give that homeless man drugs. Again, he didn’t. Snider only gave the man some money.
Snider agreed to let police search his cars for drugs, and they did so for an hour while Greg remained handcuffed. In that time, ten more police cars showed up and pulled over. The search was not fruitful – no drugs were found in the car. That is, because, as previously mentioned, Snider didn’t have any drugs to give. Snider was not happy about the damage police did to his car, or that the police were actually laughing about the mistake.
Mr. Snider has filed a complaint. Police declined to comment to KPRC about the incident.
More info: KPRC
- BirdsOfAFeather 5 hours ago083My son was pulled over in a small Texas town with the sheriff's deputy insisting he had an attitude. The deputy insisted that drugs were in the vehicle and demanded he be allowed to search it. What was in the vehicle was whole blood that my son was delivering to an area hospital. When my son told the deputy that he could not open the cooler that was clearly marked by the blood bank, the deputy shot mace in my son's face. When my son took off running trying to get the stuff out of his eyes, the deputy tazed him, tackled him, dropped his weight in the small of of my son's back and after cuffing him, jerked him up by the cuffs leaving deep bruises that remained for weeks following the incident. All was caught on video with audio and the case against my son was dropped. That deputy however was promoted and will continue to harass people in the future.Expand Replies (22) Reply
