Was looking to see if Jerrod Moultrie has come out with a comment or an explanation then saw this article. I think the text in bold says it best, from an African American man:
S.C. NAACP investigating discrepancies in racial profiling claim by local NAACP leader
Timmonsville, S.C. (WPDE) — The South Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is investigating discrepancies in claims by the Timmonsville NAACP President Rev. Jerrod Moultrie that he was racially profiled by a Timmonsville police officer back on April 13 during a traffic stop, according to S.C. NAACP Executive Director Dwight James.
Recently released body cam video from the officer who stopped Moultrie seems to contradict Moultrie's claims in a Facebook posting that he was mistreated by the officer.
James said Moultrie reported to the state branch a few weeks ago that he was racially profiled.
James added they've gotten a number of social media messages about discrepancies in Moultrie's story and what the body cam video shows.
"We're investigating to verify the details as presented by the President of local branch there, Pastor Moultrie, and of course, validating the police account," said James.
Moultrie was stopped by the officer near his home back on April 13 for failing to use a turn signal and a problem with his license plate, according to police.
Moultrie's post said, "Tonight, I was racially profiled by Timmonsville Officer CAUSE I WAS DRIVING A MERCEDES BENZ AND GOING HOME IN A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD."
Moultrie recounted his conversation with the officer in the post.
He said the officer asked him if there were any drugs inside his car.
Moultrie said in that post the officer told him, "I am doing you a favor tonight not taking you to jail or writing you a ticket."
Florence community activist Timothy Waters said when he saw Moultrie's Facebook posting it made him very upset that a black person could be racially profiled for driving a nice car in a nice neighborhood.
Waters said he went to the Timmonsville Police Department to get take a look at a copy of the officer's dash and body cam video.
He added when he saw the video, he became even more upset, but not at the officer, but at Moultrie.
Waters said the body cam video totally contradicts what Moultrie posted on Facebook.
He said the officer was very pleasant and kind to Moultrie during the entire four minute traffic stop.
"Once I got a copy of that body cam it's as if he made the whole story up. And I felt like he set us back. 100 years because think about all of the racial profiling cases that are true," said Waters.
Timmonsville Police Chief Billy Brown said Moultrie contacted him the morning after the traffic stop with claims that he was racially profiled and mistreated by the officer.
"He made a comment that the officer accused him of having drugs in the car. He said that his wife and grand child was in the car. He asked them not to move because the officer looked as if he might, shoot them or something. He also made mention that the officer continue to ask him about his neighborhood. Why was he in that neighborhood? And threaten to put him in jail in reference to something dealing with the registration to the vehicle," said Chief Brown.
Brown said he investigated, reviewed the body cam video and determined there was nothing to Moultrie's claims.
"When I saw the video, I was shocked that someone who is supposed to be a community leader, a pastor and head of the NAACP, would just come out with a blatant lie. It bothered me, it really bothered me thinking about the racial unrest it could've cost in the community, and it's just troubling to me that someone who held a position like that would come out and just tell a lie. There was a time where I was a victim as a police chief, I was a victim of racial profiling," added Brown.
