In Arlington, Washington, Tamon Leverette made news after “he was stopped and frisked” by police on Feb. 22.
Why was he stopped? “[F]or no reason” other than “‘being black,’” Leverette said.
As it turns out, there was a bit more to it than that. Police told KTTH-AM in Seattle, that a caller identifying themselves as Stacy Williams reported a young man with a gun around a middle school, wearing a tan hoodie and gang regalia. He was “too young to even have a pistol. He only looks 16, 17 years old,” the caller said.
The police didn’t find a gun on him. They did, however, find out who they think called 911 on Tamon Leverette: Tamon Leverette.
In an interview with KTTH’s Jason Rantz this week, Arlington Police Chief Jonathan Ventura said Leverette was allegedly trying to “goad” police into a George Floyd-style situation.
When you can’t find racism, you create it.
I’m sorry to read that he failed.