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Renting A Car While Black: Arizona Cops PULL GUNS On Black Men In 'STOLEN' TURO RENTAL CAR MIX UP
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15:15Now PlayingNow imagine this, you fly across the country to celebrate new life at a baby shower... and instead, you find yourself face-to-face with police, guns drawn, accused of stealing the car you rented.
That's exactly what happened to three Black Maryland men visiting Arizona in February. And the whole thing? A mix-up that could've ended very differently.
Take a look at the bodycam video.... It shows the men -- calm, confused, and completely caught off guard -- surrounded by police outside a Cane's restaurant in Glendale, Arizona.
Police had their weapons drawn, ordering the men out of a blue Dodge Charger one by one.
Now, this all happened because a license plate reader flagged the vehicle as stolen.
But here's the thing--it wasn't. The men had rented that car through Turo, a car-sharing app like Airbnb but for vehicles. They did everything by the book.
They were out-of-towners just trying to get to a baby shower.
The 3 men who were detained and harassed spoke with Roland Martin about the harrowing incident.
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