Police have released body camera footage showing a University of Iowa football player being questioned by officers who were searching for a robbery suspect.
The footage released on Tuesday shows an encounter that was described by Faith Ekakitie on his Facebook page earlier this week.
He wrote that he was playing “Pokemon Go” in a public park when he was surrounded by police and searched at gunpoint. Ekakitie said he feared for his life but understood why police did what they did.
In the video, an officer can be heard telling Ekakitie to put his hands up.
The officer says: “It’s probably not you, but we’ve got to double check.”
Ekakitie tells the officers he’d been playing the popular smartphone game, which sends players to physical locations to “catch” virtual Pokemon characters.
After the officers check Ekakitie’s ID, one thanks him for his co-operation.
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