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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 case. Mackey was eating with his family at the Lynnhaven Mall food court when an officer identified ...

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 police officers approached him and handcuffed him in front of his family. The police escorted Mackey o...

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 Beach's 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 in front of his children and fiancée while eating at Virginia Beach's Lynnhaven Mall on Dec. 19. ...

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 ABC's "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. Mackey's ordeal unfolded on Dec. 19 as he, Covil, and their 13-year-old son and baby were seated at a t...