TikTokker @Mrs.Robinson shared harrowing footage of a current encounter with Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, police she stated was prompted by a 911 name from a random motorist claiming her father brandished a gun at an intersection in a match of highway rage.
The video reveals squad automobiles surrounding the car. Sitting within the again seat, @Mrs.Robinson, in a nervous tone, exclaims, “They’ve their weapons pointed at us!”
Her father, Herbert Haywood Sr., is briefly seen outdoors the automotive being questioned by police. Twelve officers had responded to the scene.
His daughter, more and more frantic, breaks down in tears.
Her mom, Beverly Hawyood, sitting within the entrance seat, tries to consolation her.
“Honey, I don’t know. I don’t know what that is,” she stated.
“Why are they pointing weapons at my dad?” the daughter screams. Her 1-year-old child begins crying, including to a chaotic scenario.
“What are they doing? What’s going on proper now?” the daughter asks.
Beverly Haywood is then heard yelling to her husband, clearly involved: “Go away your arms out!”
From the again seat, the daughter explains that her father had pulled over to the facet of the highway, considering an ambulance was behind them and attempting to move.
As an alternative, they discovered themselves surrounded by police, together with the Fond du Lac SWAT unit.
“The roads are blocked off,” she stated, her panic rising, her voice raised.
“Can any individual discuss to us, please?” she implores because the video ends.
Their fears are based mostly on the Black expertise. Analysis has proven Black males are thrice as prone to be shot by police than white folks.
Even routine visitors stops can result in tragedy.
In 2021, Brooklyn Heart, Minnesota, police have been making an attempt to arrest 20-year-old Daunte Wright on an impressive warrant when Officer Kimberly Potter shot him at shut vary. Officers stated Potter mistakenly used her gun as a substitute of her Taser. Wright died on the scene.
A yr later, 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya was shot useless after being wrestled to the bottom by a Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer who had wrestled him to the bottom. After Lyoya allegedly grabbed the officer’s Taser, there was a short tussle. The officer’s physique cam then goes black, however cellphone video captures Lyoya being shot and killed by the officer.
Fortuitously, nobody died within the Wisconsin incident, which occurred on Dec. 5. In a video posted the next day, @Mrs.Robinson writes within the caption, “Simply because no one died, doesn’t make it much less mistaken. This isn’t over by any means.”
Within the second video, she’s now alone within the automotive along with her child. Her mom, summoned outdoors the car to speak, could be heard participating in an animated dialog with officers.
“Why are they handcuffing my mother now? What is occurring?” she stated, crying. “I’m so scared.”
Officers finally ask her to exit the car.
She does, reluctantly, holding her child in her arms.
Police do a fast physique search and escort her into the again of a squad automotive.
In a second follow-up video, @Mrs.Robinson’s sister could be heard telling police she is there to choose up the newborn.
“Why do you’ve my mother and pa behind your automotive,” the sister says. “What’s mistaken with ya’ll? This is the reason folks don’t belief ya’ll, or name you for nothing.”
She is finally launched, alongside along with her dad and mom. No arrests have been made.
In an replace posted Dec. 10, @Mrs.Robinson stated “an out of doors supply” informed her an individual who she alleges was tailgating the household in a pickup truck known as police to report a highway rage incident. He claimed the daddy had gotten out of his car at a close-by intersection brandishing a gun, which the daughter denies.
Fond du Lac police confirmed, by an open information request, that the supply was right, that Haywood Sr. was accused of stopping his orange Kia Sorrento and pulling out a handgun. After recognizing the car matching the outline that was known as to 911, police carried out a “high-risk cease,” securing all attainable avenues for a getaway.
Haywood Sr. had his gun in his holster and knowledgeable police there was one other gun within the car. It was present in his spouse’s purse, which would appear to elucidate why she was pulled from the car and questioned.
Fond du Lac police ended the investigation as soon as they found the division had a “potential battle of curiosity” with the occupants of the car, presumably the Haywoods. The case was turned over to North Fond du Lac police.
Atlanta Black Star has reached out to investigators to test the standing of the case.
“That is nonetheless ongoing. We’re going to proceed to struggle this,” @Mrs.Robinson says. “Wisconsin has a factor the place they like to comb issues beneath the rug and act prefer it by no means occurred. And this occurred.”
Whereas some puzzled whether or not @Mrs.Robinson’s video informed the entire story, viewers have been largely sympathetic.
“I dwell in southern Wisconsin that is outrageous and I hope you obtain the justice you and your loved ones deserve,” wrote one follower.
Added one other, “I’m so sorry. That is completely horrifying.”
