{"id":190161,"date":"2021-03-04T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190161"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:30:08","slug":"report-man-calls-911-on-himself-says-black-teen-has-gun-then-claims-racial-profiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-man-calls-911-on-himself-says-black-teen-has-gun-then-claims-racial-profiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Man Calls 911 On Himself, Says Black Teen Has Gun, Then Claims Racial Profiling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-man-calls-911-on-himself-says-black-teen-has-gun-then-claims-racial-profiling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1253665154-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Police in the Seattle metropolitan area were summoned by a 911 call claiming a young black man was holding a handgun. But after they arrived and found the man, it turned out he had made the call himself, pretending to be someone else. He then later claimed he was a victim of racial profiling.<\/p>\n<p>On February 22, Tamon Leverette, who is currently under Department of Corrections (DOC) supervision, told the 911 operator that he was \u201cStacy Williams,\u201d adding that he was with his sister and that the supposed teen he was calling about was \u201ctoo young to even have a pistol. He only looks 16, 17 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I\u2019m at the bus stop, and there\u2019s a colored young man and I can see a pistol right there,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026 I saw him fidgeting with a pistol at the bus stop, kind of scared me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leverette stated that the black teen wore a tan hoodie and was holding a handgun with a red bandana tied around it. Some members of the \u201cBloods\u201d gang have been described similarly.<\/p>\n<p>The incident report stated that officers found Leverette by way of his description on the 911 call, briefly searched him and found no weapons. The officer filing the report stated, \u201cTamon pulled up his left pant leg, showing me a Department of Corrections (DOC) GPS tracking ankle band. He informed me that he was not doing anything wrong, just waiting for the bus to come so he could go to his DOC check in with his assigned DOC Officer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An officer who arrived on the scene said he \u201cwanted to understand why someone would call in with concerns that he was handling a firearm at the bus stop as described.\u201d Leverette said he didn\u2019t know and thanked the officers for their professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>The very next day, Leverette informed a DOC officer he was a victim of racial profiling, telling him \u201che was stopped and frisked by \u2018Everett Police\u2019 for no reason the previous day because of \u2018being black.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/2649368\/rantz-man-calls-911-himself-goad-cops-george-floyd\/\">reported<\/a>\u00a0by Jason Rantz of MyNorthwest, the Arlington Police Chief quoted Leverette\u2019s Community Corrections officer saying \u201cthe subject has mentioned that he (Leverette) could see himself in a similar situation as \u2018George Floyd\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Police were called after a report of a Black man brandishing a gun. The man later complained that he was stopped for &#8216;being black&#8217;\u201d &#038; &#8220;could see himself in a similar situation as \u2018George Floyd.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But police say the man called 9-1-1 on HIMSELF.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3BMiQUzot\">https:\/\/t.co\/H3BMiQUzot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1367294040039813126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An officer investigating the incident stated that he called the reporting witness \u201cStacy Williams\u201d to follow up but got a voice mail message. He continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I noted that the voice mail was set up by a mail with a voice that seemed very similar to that of Tamon. I asked Dispatch if this phone number had been previously used for any calls to 911 Dispatch. The Dispatcher notified me shortly after that the phone number had called 911 on five separate occasions in December of 2020 for \u201cCivil\u201d calls at an address of 520 Commercial Ave, Darrington WA. Dispatch advised me that the only name used to call into 911 on those incidents was \u201cTamon L.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After communicating with the DOC to see who was supervising Leverette, the officer made another call and discovered Leverette\u2019s number matched that of \u201cStacy Williams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leverette was accused in the incident report of a similar incident in December 2020, in which he called 911 using the pseudonym \u201cEric Johnson\u201d and stated, \u201cI\u2019m with my daughters right now. There\u2019s a young African American male teenage. He has on black and red. I\u2019ve seen, he has a gun on him. And, you know, I have my children here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arlington Police Chief Jonathan Ventura spoke with Rantz about the February 22 incident. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This event tied up police resources for an extended period of time and unnecessarily placed our officers, our community and the subject making the false call at risk. These type of calls only serve to create division at a time when we need unity. This call highlights the training and professionalism of our officers despite the apparent attempt to goad law enforcement into some type of negative response or altercation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To have this type of situation come up at a time where we\u2019re working so hard to bridge that gap and to be more transparent and open with our communities\u00a0and to build a stronger relationship with our communities\u2026this really works against us in making that happen at a time where we\u2019re being told that we need to be working harder than ever. It\u2019s just so anti-productive and it really, unfortunately ties up our resources.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Leverette has been arrested on two counts of false reporting; he has not yet been charged.<\/p>\n<p>The incident report notes Leverette may have an unspecified medical issue. When Rantz asked Ventura if it might be a \u201cmental health issue,\u201d he replied,\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t have anything for that suspicion except in speaking with the investigating officer as he was talking to the Community Corrections officer that is supervising the subject. The officer asked the Community Corrections officer, \u2018does this subject have mental health issues?\u2019 And the response wasn\u2019t a definite yes or no, but it was possibly so. We\u2019re not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Seattle metropolitan area were summoned by a 911 call claiming a young black man was holding a handgun. 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