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Black man arrested for riding a bike without a bell on it in Seaside Heights, NJ.

A video has surfaced showing a Black man being arrested for not having a bell on his bike. The video was posted to Facebook by user A Dot Norwood shows officers from Seaside Heights Police Department temporarily detaining the man who was riding his bike.

A Black man was arrested for riding a bike without a bell on it in Seaside Heights, NJ. Full Story = https://t.co/9tNIQrbwJA pic.twitter.com/xxM9rN3V0x — The Black Detour (@theblackdetour) September 12, 2018

In the first video officers seem to stop the man and let him go, but in the second video, it shows officers stopping the man again.

According to Norwood and the man who was being arrested, law enforcement officials stopped him for riding his bike without a bell on it. However, when the man became agitated for being stopped the situation quickly escalated.

Then in just a few moments officers tell the man he will be arrested for obstruction of justice.

“Under arrest for what?” the man asks.

To which the police reply, “obstruction.”

“Obstruction of what?” the man asks, “You’re telling me I need a bell on my bike.”

“That’s illegal,” says one of the officers. Seconds later, police move in and place the man in custody.

“You see this, right?” the man asks Norwood. “They’re arresting me for not having a bell on my bike.”

If what Norwood and the man being arrested assertion is true, police were following New Jersey state law that states, bikes have to have a bell.

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