A very bizarre story, featuring an Alabama wide receiver, has developed in Baton Rouge, La.
According to a report from WAFB Channel 9 News, three Baton Rouge police officers have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation due to an incident shared via social media on Sunday (November 8).
Koy Moore, a true freshman wide receiver for the LSU Tigers, posted a statement to Twitter with the caption: “Just read this please we need a change!!!”
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Per Moore, he and Traeshon Holden were apparently held up at gunpoint and harassed by the police.
Just read this please we need a change!!! pic.twitter.com/EyiK0Rmx1r
— Koy Moore 🇲🇦 الحمدلله (@asap_koy) November 8, 2020
“Last night, I was approached by policemen. They pulled guns on me assuming I had a gun and drugs, (screaming where’s your gun?) I was violated numerous times, even as going as far as trying to unzip my pants in search of a weapon that I repeatedly told them I did not have. As I tried to go live for video documentation of the harassment, they snatched my phone. I could’ve lost my life and I know for a fact nothing would’ve happened to the guys who did it .. as some celebrate the election of a new president, understand the real problem has not changed. If I didn’t tell those incompetent officers that I was an LSU football player, there’s no telling if I would’ve been here to tell the story! Yesterday wasn’t a victory for America. It was only a distraction.” – Koy Moore
In a report from BET, Ryan Thompson — the attorney representing Moore and Holden — said the Crimson Tide’s true freshman was with Moore on Sunday night. When Thompson provided his account from what Moore told him, he said officers were reportedly responding to calls of a loud party at an apartment building.
Both players are good friends that left Moore’s apartment to go and get food. The party took place on the building’s rooftop and both players were in a unit on the lower floors, per Thompson.
The attorney stated that when Moore and Holden arrived at their vehicle, they were approached by four white police officers with guns drawn. Both students were searched and questioned about possessing firearms.
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Thompson said the officers searched the players more than the norm. Moore informed the officers that he and Holden were football players and that he was going to tell Coach Ed Orgeron.
Despite the situation stopping, Moore informed Thompson that neither he nor Holden attended the party.
The report from BET continued with “Moore and Holden had never experienced anything like the confrontation with the police officers, but Thompson said that they knew through talks with their families what to do when encountering law enforcement as young Black men.”
Video from police body cam was recorded during the incident, yet it has not been released to the public.
This is the evidence that Gary Chambers Jr., a local activist in Baton Rouge and spokesperson for Moore’s family, Moore, Holden, their families, Thompson, Coach Orgeron and Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul all need to see.
No statement has come from the University of Alabama, involving Holden.
Holden was one of three talented receivers that signed in this year’s freshmen class for the Tide.
Alabama and LSU were schedule to play each other on Saturday, but the game was postponed due to a Coronavirus outbreak at LSU.
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