FLORIDA OFFICER FRAMES BLACK MAN

In Tallahassee, Florida, body camera footage suggested a police officer opened a sealed bottle of alcohol and poured the liquid to charge a Black man, Calvin Riley Sr., with driving under the influence during a routine traffic stop last May.

Police began searching the 56-year-old’s car after they claimed to have discovered his driver’s licence was suspended.

During a pre-trial hearing, an officer cited a police department policy preventing officers from impounding liquids as evidence, although no such policy appears to exist.

Riley claims the incident cost him time to work, a $750 bail, and missing loan payments forced him to forfeit his car.

He is scheduled to stand trial today in Tallahassee.