A cop was jailed for making the story of 'Melanin Man Shooting Him' that led to cops rounding up Melanin people

The fabricated story of how Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Angel Reinosa was shot within the shoulder by a sniper as he walked from his automobile into the station. an enormous manhunt ensued as heavily armed deputies in military attire founded a fringe and locked down the realm but it might all be vainly . Reinosa was arrested the subsequent week because he made the whole thing up. Then, but every week later, another cop in Ohio was arrested for doing the precise same thing. This week, Warren policeman Noah Linnen was sentenced to 9 months in jail after pleading guilty to charges of tampering with evidence, inducing panic, and disrupting public service after he lied about being “shot at by a melanin man” and returned fire. On Tuesday, Linnen issued an apology saying he was ashamed of his actions. “I apologize to the Afr...