Pregnant black woman ticketed for walking on the wrong side of the road in Texas

Pregnant black woman ticketed for walking on the wrong side of the road in Texas

‘They got crackheads, robbers, all this other stuff but they want to arrest a Black person — a pregnant Black woman — for looking for her dog,’ Akia Townes said as she was confronted

'This Is Ridiculous': Black Texas Woman Is Detained for Walking on the Wrong Side of the Road While Her White Husband Remained Unbothered By Officers, Viral Video Shows

A Texas man recorded a now-viral video showing his wife, who is Black, being stopped and ticketed by police for walking on the wrong side of the road. Now, the couple is demanding an apology, alleging police turned a minor incident into an “excessive show of power.” Brad Townes filmed the moments two police officers stopped his wife Akia as the pair were walking around their neighborhood in Groves, Texas, looking for their lost dog. Akia Townes …