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Uninvited Guests in Scary Costumes

Cardravious Crump said his Halloween party “went great. No problems, no nothing.” It was roughly an hour after the business student’s party ended that he and his mother discovered two people in the kitchen without invitation — uniformed Tate County, Miss., sheriff’s deputies, who said something about underage drinking. “Well then, I can talk to you,” said Carla Echols. “But can you step outside?” They wouldn’t, so Echols tried again: “You’re going to get the [expletive] out of my house ’cause I did not tell you to come in here.” Her son started to record the incident on his phone, but the officers ordered him repeatedly to stop. Crump wouldn’t — as the sheriff confirmed, citizens generally have the right to record officers at work — but when a deputy reached for something and the 20 year old African American man couldn’t see what, he yielded. What the deputy was reaching for were his handcuffs, but he didn’t arrest anyone. (AC/WREG Memphis) ...Two people in this story were dressed as law enforcement. Another two tried to uphold the law.