Jamar Mackey News Today

The police chief announced that officers involved in the incident acted appropriately in detaining and handcuffing Jamar Mackey, but said two officers will be disciplined for not wearing face masks.

Rather than an example of racial profiling, Virginia Beach police officers acted responsibly at Lynnhaven Mall, writes Virginia Beach attorney Bob Haddad in a guest column.

Virginia Beach officer cleared in handcuffing of Black man Police lights (Source: Hawaii News Now/file) By Associated Press | January 8, 2021 at 4:06 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 4:06 PM VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A police sergeant has been cleared of wrongdoing for handcuffing an innocent Black man who was eating with his family at a Virginia Beach mall. But Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate told city council members Tuesday that the sergeant and another officer will be disci...

Virginia Beach Police Chief Wants More Body Cameras Details Published: 07 January 2021 Almost six whole years since police body-worn cameras were accepted as best law enforcement practice, only about half of Virginia Beach’s police force currently has body cameras. The issue came up this week when Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate updated City Council about the handcuffing of a Black man at a crowded Lynnhaven Mall the weekend before Christmas. Jam...

The police chief announced that officers involved in the incident acted appropriately in detaining and handcuffing Jamar Mackey, but said two officers will be disciplined for not wearing face masks.

Officer Who Wrongfully Detained Black Man Eating at Mall with His Family Cleared, But Will Be Reprimanded for Not Wearing a Mask A Virginia Beach sergeant who wrongfully detained a Black man at a mall last month has been cleared of wrongdoing. On Tuesday, Jan. 5, Virginia Beach Police Department Chief Paul Neudigate briefed the City Council about the internal investigation into the Dec. 19 detainment of Jamar Mackey, who was handcuffed by an officer who believed he was involved in a larceny ca...

Loading the player... Jamar Mackey was humiliated when police officers wrongfully detained him in front of his family at a Virginia shopping mall last month, which was captured on video. Unfortunately, ABC News reports that he was diagnosed with coronavirus days after the incident, according to his fiancé, Shantel Covil. As previously reported by theGrio, Mackey was with Covil and their two children, eating in the food court of Virginia Beach’s Lynnhaven Mall on Dec. 19 when maskless pol...

Jamar Mackey, Virginia Beach Man Wrongfully Detained By Maskless Cops, Tests Positive For COVID-19 Mackey was publicly arrested in front of his children and fiancée while eating at Virginia Beachs Lynnhaven Mall. January 02, 2021 at 6:50 pm Jamar Mackey, the man who was wrongfully detained by maskless Virginia Beach police officers last month, tested positive for COVID-19 five days after the incident, The Virginia-Pilot reported. As Blavity previously reported, Mackey was publicly arrested ...

A Black man mistakenly detained by Virginia police officers who were not wearing masks has tested positive for coronavirus, his family confirmed, and he believes he was exposed during the encounter. On 19 December, Virginia Beach police detained Jamar Mackey at the Lynnhaven Mall food court, believing he fit the description of a Black man with dreadlocks who was suspected of using stolen credit cards. Video of the encounter captures Mr Mackey...

Black man detained by maskless officer tests positive for COVID-19, fiancee says © ABC News Jamar Mackey appears on ABCs "Good Morning America," Dec. 22, 2020, and discusses about being handcuffed while eating at a food court at a shopping mall on Dec. 19, 2020, in Virginia Beach, Va. A Black man who was detained by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia after being suspected for a crime he did not commit, has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to his fiancée, Shantel Covil. Mack...