What Happened To Robert Morton?

Mississippi Highway troopers under fire for chokholding a motorist after a routine stop.

The Mississippi State Highway Patrol is doing damage control after a motorist and his girlfriend recorded an encounter with one of its troopers. The trooper allegedly placed the motorist in a chokehold and slammed him against the vehicle.

Now the man is filing a federal lawsuit alleging the trooper violated his civil rights and engaged in an unlawful stop based on his race. This happened a couple of weeks ago in July. The motorist was traveling on a highway in Tupelo when he was pulled over by the Mississippi State Patrol trooper.

It was an apparent traffic stop that turned into a controversy.

Mississippi Trooper Brandon Berry claimed that he told Robert Morton over numerous times to comply with his orders.

Mississippi tattoo artist and his girlfriend were manhandled by the state highway troopers.

Berry told Morton to get on the ground at least a dozen or so times.

Porsha Martin shared the clip with her friends and it went viral.





Her friend Laquisha Cummings decided to ask the NAACP and Black Lives Matter to get the ball rolling on this.



The 4 1/2 video shows Morton standing behind his car on the side of the road in Clay County, chatting with the trooper, seemingly agitated. The trooper started to engage in verbal insults and demanding to be arrested.

The allegations of the motorist traveling over 100 in a 65 speed zone was the pull over. Morton claims he didn't speed. Morton refused the orders to put his hands behind his back to be handcuffed.

"Why am I getting arrested?" Morton repeatedly asked.

A second trooper then pulls up and immediately puts his hands on Morton's throat. The troopers then start to wrestle Morton to the ground.

Shields recording the encounters is screaming that this is police brutality. She said these troopers were supposed to protect everyone.

"You're all supposed to be out here protecting us!"

Morton was criminally charged with traffic violations and felonies for resisting arrest. He was given a "get out of free card" and will have a trial soon. He hired a lawyer and is seeking a federal lawsuit against the troopers who arrested him.

The charges were speeding more than 20 miles over the posted limit, failure to wear seat belts, failure to have a proper seat belt for a child, failure to comply to an officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, malicious mischief and failure to display license and registration to a peace officer.

The charges could have him in the iron college for up to three years with a suspended license up to five years. In the state of Mississippi, the vehicle could be impounded if the motorist fails to pay fines.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The troopers haven't been placed in the freezer. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety has opened an investigation to determine if the troopers handling of Morton was justified.

BAD COPS WILL GET GOOD COPS KILLED.

GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

AGAIN, THAT RUSSIAN-BACKED BLUE LIVES MATTER CROWD WANTS TO JUSTIFY THE DETAINMENT OR KILLING OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AS US OVERREACTING AND PLAYING THE "RACE CARD" TO HATE ON THOSE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE NOT HATING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE JUST NOT GOING TO ALLOW OURSELVES BECOME THE NEXT HASHTAG WHEN WE DIE. 

I AM SICK OF HEARING THIS BULLSHIT.

CONSERVATIVES (AS WELL AS COONSERVATIVES AND FAR-WHITE TROLLS) SAY THAT THERE ARE MORE BLACK CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT A FATHER.

IT'S FUNNY! WHEN SOMEONE SHOOTS AN UNARMED MAN OF COLOR, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE CHILD'S FATHER.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN AND WOMEN OF COLOR SAFE.

WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THESE RACE SOLDIERS WHO BELIEVE THE BADGE OR ENTITLEMENT IS THEIR WEAPON OF CHOICE.