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Detroit Police Department has recently launched an internal investigation after a Black officer said he was racially profiled by a white officer for supposedly carrying a large sum of money. Christopher Williams who has worked for the department for almost 15 years was among approx. 100 plainclothes officers at the city’s police training center on June 6 to log hours for annual requirements.

Williams attorney, Todd Perkins told NBC News that the officer was in possession of more than $5,000 that his girlfriend who’s also an officer asked him to hold the money. Williams’ girlfriend attended the June 6 training and withdrawn the large sum of money during her lunch break to purchase money orders to pay her bills, according to Perkins.

At the end of the training, Williams said he ran across a white officer in the bathroom who saw him putting the money into his pocket. Then when Williams left the training center with his girlfriend and walked to the parking lot, where he claims a white officer allegedly grabbed him, threw him up against a fence and handcuffed him.

Williams says the officer told him, “You’re not supposed to have that kind of money,” according to his attorney.

Williams’ girlfriend proceeded to show the officer her bank withdrawal receipt, and he let Williams go, Perkins said.

Assistant Police Chief James White said last week the incident is under investigation.

“I’d like to see what happened,” White said in a video posted to the department’s Facebook page. “To say that it’s a racial component, I’ve got someone in the bathroom with a very large sum of money on him and an inquiry is being made as to where did you get the money. That’s not unreasonable to me.”

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