Actor Kendrick Sampson, who is known for his role on the hit HBO series, “Insecure,” took to social media to share a video with his followers of what he says is him being abused by police in Cartagena, Colombia. Kendrick says that police have stopped him multiple times, as well as aggressively slapped him, punched him and also pulled a gun on him.
The video was first recorded by someone who witnessed the incident first hand, and then it was shared by actress, Natalia Reyes who detailed what was going on in the video. Kendrick then shared the video as well, and confirmed that everything Natalia said was true.
“Cartagena is AMAZING but this is the 6th time I was stopped in 5 days,” said Kendrick. “It happens to Black Colombians often. I’m told stopping is policy but what is NOT is they reached down my underwear aggressively, slap my arms 5 times hard, punch me in my jaw and pull his gun on me. He then cuffed me and dragged me through the streets. I did not resist any legal procedure.”
He then updated everyone about the situation on his Instagram story and said that he was still in the presence of the police, however, he said that he was with different police officers, and mentioned that he thought it was the captains of the police.
Kendrick added, “They are taking my account of what occurred (supposedly) to “discipline” the officers.”
He also mentioned that they were asking him to identify the officers, but he did not trust the process that he was being put through.
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