I'm Trying To Sell This House! Why You Call The Law On Me And My Client?

American realtor and his client were detained by the Cincinnati Police after a white man called the law on them.

An Ohio realtor and his client were detained by the Cincinnati Police after a white man called 911 with the claim that they were breaking and entering into a home. This happened in November 2018 and it became a public scandal.

The realtor and client are suing the city of Cincinnati, the three officers and the neighbor for the whole medley. They believe that this was a racially motivated situation. The law claim they were doing their jobs.

The law raced to the location on the report of a breaking and entering. The three officers would surround the home and demand the two men to come out with their hands out.

Anthony Edwards was a homebuyer and Jerry Isham was the realtor. They were Black men and the cops were white. He was prepared to buy the home until this incident occurred.

Edwards would exit the house with his hands out and he said directly to the cops, "They're just white people calling the goddamn police."

One of the cops identified as Dustin Peet said, "It's called being a good neighbor when you see someone going into a house."

Edwards explains that Isham is a realtor and they used the key in the lockbox to get inside. Isham was placed in the cuffs and the cop who drew the firearm, Rose Valentino would search him. She wanted to "confirm his job."

Edwards would exchange words with Peet.

"If we were white, they wouldn't have done that."

Peet responds, "Sir, what are you talking about, man. That's some bullshit, you're talking. I don't give a damn if you're white or black, we're doing our job here. Man this is incredible."

Edwards is then cuffed and the cop asks if he has anything sharp on him. Both men are patted down and Valentino goes through Isham's pockets searching for his ID. She finds the real estate business cards and his driver's license.

"If this had been two white guys, you all wouldn't have went through all this," said Edwards.

"Yeah, we would. You ride along? You know what we do, huh? You know how we do our job," said Peet.

"Now you're searching [Isham] like we got drugs and dope," Edwards retorts.

As the cop and Edwards get into a verbal heated argument, the cop would say, "Quit playing the race card. That stuff doesn't fly."

The encounter took at least 10 minutes before the two men were freed. The whole incident was started by a neighbor who was a former cop.

The potential homebuyer said he quickly changed his mind after the encounter. The realtor had to sue the city of Cincinnati after the sale fell through.

The former cop, Thomas Branigan called 911.

"The house is for sale, but it's not an open house today. And I just seen two male Black suspects force the front door open."

The cops were acting on the call says the union president Dan Hils.

He believes the two men were blowing this out of proportion. He believes the city was quick to cave.

"I'm afraid this sets a precedent that if you have an encounter with police and make it public, then you'll be offered a higher settlement."

The city did settle with the two men after earlier reports the two rejected the offer. The city manager personally apologized for the whole encounter.

"The city regrets this extremely unfortunate and unnecessary situation. Mr. Isham and Mr. Edwards did nothing wrong. We are in the process of implementing implicit bias training for all city employees. We sincerely apologize."

The city settled with $151,000 with a personal apology to both men.

These incidents add fuel to a fire.

White people calling 911 on Black people minding their business. This is a frustrating part of living in the United States. This is Donald J. Trump's Amerikkka.

That bigot Trump continues to make lives miserable for people of color.

White people are calling 911 on the most trivial events.