College Athlete Stopped By Police At Gunpoint While Playing Pokemon Go After They Mistook Him …

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A student and football player at the University of Iowa revealed on Facebook that police drew their guns on him while he was playing Pokemon Go in a park after mistaking him for a bank robbery suspect.Faith Ekakitie, a senior at the University of Iowa, wrote this on Facebook: “Today I was surrounded and searched by approximately five Iowa City Police Officers. My pockets were checked, my backpack was opened up and searched carefully, and I was asked to lift up my shirt while they searched my waistband. Not once did they identify themselves to me as Iowa City Police officers, but with four gun barrels staring me in the face, I wouldn’t dare question the authority of the men and woman in front of me. This is what happened from my point of view.” Ekakitie wrote in his post that at least five Iowa City police officers stopped him as they searched for a suspect in a nearby bank robbery. Sgt. Jorey Bailey of the Iowa City Police Department told ESPN that police stopped a man named Faith Ekakitie because he matched the description of the robber, who is also black and was also dressed in…

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