Virginia: Hampton police admit they mistakenly handcuffed, pointed gun at innocent man

Exclusive: Hampton police admit they mistakenly handcuffed, pointed gun at innocent man

Hampton police admit they made a mistake last month when they pulled over and held a Phoebus High School teacher at gunpoint in front of his students and colleagues. Jeffery Smith, a math teacher and pastor, was approaching the school around 7:45 a.m. on Feb. 14 when he was pulled over by police – but he didn’t know why. “When I stopped there, he said ‘Throw the keys out of your car!’ So I threw the keys out of my car. And then he said ‘Get out of the car,’” Smith recounted. “I looked at him and he said ‘Don’t ...

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