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<p>A Black man was stopped by police in Royal Oaks, Mich., after a white woman accused him of &quot;looking suspiciously&quot; at her.</p><p>Devin Myers, 20, was approached by officers and questioned while he walked to a restaurant, <a href="https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/08/14/royal-oak-police-stop-black-man-for-looking-suspiciously-at-white-woman">according to the Metro Times</a>. The police were called due to accusations Myers had been &quot;looking suspiciously&quot; at a white woman.</p><p>Kimiko Adolph stayed with the man to make sure he got out unscathed. She also recorded video of the encounter.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: auto;position: relative;padding-bottom: inherit;"><video poster="https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/p206x206/69154066_10220672458667785_7984031989206351872_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&amp;ccb=2&amp;_nc_sid=1055be&amp;_nc_ohc=BO3oa5HFYiIAX8kTreI&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&amp;oh=078ed12ca00082a259ed99e3041fb19c&amp;oe=5FC9D4BE" width="504" height="896" controls><source src="https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t66.36281-6/10000000_1611250702388858_6181280604489750487_n.mp4?_nc_cat=109&amp;ccb=2&amp;_nc_sid=985c63&amp;efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Im9lcF9zZCJ9&amp;_nc_ohc=DJFHCZcs_ZUAX89nh3K&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&amp;oh=5d820af48fea713cbc94be2bc1357f02&amp;oe=5FCBDBFF"></video></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The video shows that several police officers and police cars surrounded the man. Many commenters asked why the police weren&#39;t interrogating the woman who made the call.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="" height="122" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-15-at-12029-pm-oTBgFV.png" width="407" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Adolph and the Metro Times both reported that the nearby Cafe&acute;Inn Seasons paid for the man&#39;s meal after the confrontation was over.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="" data-attribution-url="" height="110" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-15-at-12110-pm-CagVjl.png" width="401" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Myers can be heard apologizing to the police for wasting their time, even though he was not the one who called them.</p><p>Many commenters drew parallels between this situation and the murder of Emmett Till. Emmett, who was Black, was murdered by an angry mob at age 14 in 1955 after being accused of hitting on a white woman.</p><p>Historically, Black men in the U.S. have been persecuted and murdered when facing such accusations &mdash; even when, as in the case of Emmett,<a href="https://theundefeated.com/features/being-black-in-a-world-where-white-lies-matter/"> they never actually expressed sexual interest in the white women in question</a>.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Black man stopped by police for 'looking suspiciously' at a white woman.

A Black man was stopped by police in Royal Oaks, Mich., after a white woman accused him of &quot;looking suspiciously&quot; at her.Devin Myers, 20, was approached by officers and questioned while he walked to a restaurant, according to the Metro Times. The police were called due to accusations Myers had been &quot;looking suspiciously&quot; at a white woman.Kimiko Adolph stayed with the man to make sure he got out unscathed. She also recorded video of the encounter.The video shows that several police officers and police cars surrounded the man. Many commenters asked why the police weren&#39;t interrogating the woman who made the call.Adolph and the Metro Times both reported that the nearby Cafe&acute;Inn Seasons paid for the man&#39;s meal after the confrontation was over.Myers can be heard apologizing to the police for wasting their time, even though he was not the one who called them.Many commenters drew parallels between this situation and the murder of Emmett Till. Emmett, who was Black, was murdered by an angry mob at age 14 in 1955 after being accused of hitting on a white woman.Historically, Black men in the U.S. have been persecuted and murdered when facing such accusations &mdash; even when, as in the case of Emmett, they never actually expressed sexual interest in the white women in question.

A Black man was stopped by police in Royal Oaks, Mich., after a white woman accused him of &quot;looking suspiciously&quot; at her.  Devin Myers, 20, was approached by officers and questioned while he walked to a restaurant, according to...