having credit cards while Black. Cop 'Prove to me those credit cards are yours.'
EXCLUSIVE: 'Prove to me those credit cards are yours.' Black father-of-six is surrounded by three white armed Texas cops who interrogate him because he had 'too many' credit cards while withdrawing cash from ATM
Brian Friar, 39, was stopped by three police officers at a gas station on August 12 in Burleson, Texas
The father-of-six was withdrawing cash from an ATM when a white cop asked to see his ID, demanding he prove the credit cards in his wallet belonged to him
The cop said to Friar: 'Prove to me that the rest of those cards are yours. You've got like ten there'
The policeman continued to interrogate Friar, even asking him: 'How did you end up in Burleson?'
Friar said he began to film the encounter because he 'didn't feel comfortable', adding: 'I didn't know what else to do. I was protecting myself'
Friar said: 'I hadn't done anything wrong. They ran my name as though I was a criminal. They were harassing me. I was a black man in a dominant white town'
'It was very racist to just come to me and ask me whose credit cards I had'
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Friar, a forklift operator, said: 'I was at the ATM machine at the store, minding my own business, looking through my cards to see which one I would use.
'The next thing I know a policeman came up to me saying that I have a lot of credit cards.
'Then two other officers pop up. I started filming because I was frightened. He had a gun on him, and the other ones had guns too.'
The policeman even asked Friar: 'How did you end up in Burleson?'
Friar explained he was in a hurry because his wife had gotten a flat tire and he needed to get to her.
He accused the policemen of racism and said if he was a white man, he would not have been asked to prove that his credit cards were his own.
Friar said: 'I showed him three cards to show him it was my name on there. He was telling me to slow down.
'They were harassing me. I was a black man in a dominant white town.
'I wasn't dressed like a bum - I hadn't done anything wrong.'
Friar said although people were in the gas station, no one intervened or took interest in what was happening, only receiving a few glancing looks, saying: 'I was a nobody in the store.'
He said he began to film the encounter because he 'didn't feel comfortable', adding: 'I didn't know what else to do. I was protecting myself.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8662263/Black-man-surrounded-cops-interrogate-credit-cards.html
Chief Cordell at Burleson Police Department confirmed the incident to DailyMail.com.
He said: 'Our three officers had stopped in the QT to take a break and I am told were approached by a male (witness) who told them the gentleman was at an ATM machine attempting to get money while using multiple cards and that the transaction kept being denied.
'He said the man was acting suspicious. The officers approached the man, activated their body worn cameras and explained why they were contacting him.
'Officers observed multiple receipts and cards as described by the witness. Officers asked him if he minded sharing identification to match the name on the cards and he eventually provided identification and cards.'
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"using multiple cards" and "acting suspicious". 
