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PLANO, Texas - Rodney Reese spent a night in jail after he was arrested for being in the street while walking home from work in icy conditions during last week's winter weather.
Plano’s police chief said he’s dropping the charge against Reese because it doesn’t fit what officers were called to investigate.
The 18-year-old was stopped by Plano PD officers while walking home from work at WalMart during the winter weather on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
Police said someone called, concerned, that a Black male wearing a short-sleeve shirt was stumbling along the icy conditions. It was dispatched to officers as a welfare check.
Reese lives with his mom just a few blocks away, right down the street from where he works.
He repeatedly told officers he was fine.
"I’m on the way home. I’m straight," Reese said in the bodycam footage released by police.
"Alright, but you’re walking in the middle of the road," an officer said.
"I understand that. My bad," Reese replied.
But officers continued to follow him for two minutes and 17 seconds before handcuffs were placed around his wrists.