Businessman TASED for 'Trespassing' at His Own Store

Ajouté : 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Bowers. Yes, sir. I talked to you for a minute. Talk to me right here. I understand that you own one of these as well. No, it's not one of them. No, it's not one of them.

[00:00:08]Talk to me.

[00:00:09]Huh? Talk to me. I'm listening. I'm asking you, you own one of these, but not this one. So, you're lying, right?

[00:00:14]>> Hold on. Hold on. Yes. So, they have a trespassing affidavit. I own this one, too. Okay.

[00:00:17]Marcus Bowers co-founded She's Happy Hair from $800 in a car trunk into a multi-million-dollar Texas brand. And on April 13th, 2026, a Houston Police Department officer deployed a taser on him outside his own store.

[00:00:32]I'm asking you, you own one of these, but not this one. So, you're lying, right?

[00:00:35]>> Hold on. Hold on. Yes. So, they have a trespassing affidavit. I own this one, too. Okay.

[00:00:39]You're saying you don't.

[00:00:40]>> I know what he's saying. I own I'm I own I bought this store.

[00:00:44]I bought this store.

[00:00:45]>> Talk to me. You're not allowed in your own store if you bought it.

[00:00:47]>> know what you're talking about. I'm not allowed in I've never seen an affidavit.

[00:00:49]>> they locked it up. What what They locked it up?

[00:00:51]>> owner. You saw him walking in there. I'm the actual owner.

[00:00:53]I'm the actual owner.

[00:00:54]>> They've already signed off for trespassing.

[00:00:57]>> What affidavit? The affidavit that he showed me. And I'll show it to you gladly, but to leave?

[00:01:03]>> The officer claimed a trespass affidavit existed barring Bowers from the property, but as of today, that document has never been produced to Bowers or any media outlet. What affidavit? The affidavit that he showed me. And I'll show it to you gladly, but they're asking you to leave.

[00:01:18]>> refusing to leave? You can show me the affidavit.

[00:01:20]>> Okay, put your hands behind your back.

[00:01:21]Hands behind >> What for? What? Easy. Trespassing.

[00:01:24]Easy. Stand up for me. Man, can I can I You're resisting, it's another charge.

[00:01:27]>> No, bro, I'm not resisting. I'm not resisting.

[00:01:30]>> I'm not resisting. You do something, you resist, I'm stacking another charge.

[00:01:32]>> bro. You're pulling your arm away from me. I'm not resisting, bro. Pull.

[00:01:35]I'll turn around and walk in the store.

[00:01:37]>> Relax. Hands behind Bro, come on, dog. I can't believe you're doing this [ __ ] bro.

[00:01:44]Bro, come on, man. I ain't do nothing, dog. Why you doing this, bro?

[00:01:47]Why you doing this, bro? I ain't do nothing.

[00:01:51]Bro, this is not right, dog. I have to assess the resistance.

[00:01:55]Asking to see documentation before complying is not resistance under the law. Federal courts have consistently affirmed the right to understand the basis of one's detention, and Houston PD's own use of force framework reserves intermediate weapons for active resistance or threat, not verbal non-compliance.

[00:02:13]That's not right, doc. Hands behind your back.

[00:02:15]>> No, man. Get off me, man.

[00:02:17]Get off me, man. Hands behind your >> No, I ain't doing nothing, doc.

[00:02:19]>> You're under arrest.

[00:02:20]>> No, I'm not.

[00:02:20]>> Hands behind your You don't need something to offer them.

[00:02:23]I ain't got to show you nothing.

[00:02:24]>> Yeah, you do. Put your hands behind your back.

[00:02:26]>> You're already picking enough charges.

[00:02:28]What are you saying?

[00:02:29]>> No, I ain't doing nothing. Case. What you going to charge me for?

[00:02:32]You hear that? You got about 3 seconds to comply or I'm about to tase you.

[00:02:35]>> What you going to charge me for, BRO?

[00:02:36]BRO!

[00:02:37]>> [screaming] >> BRO, WHAT YOU GOING TO SAY? I AIN'T DOING NOTHING, BRO.

[00:02:39]>> HEY, HEY, LOOK AT >> NO, BRO.

[00:02:41]BRO!

[00:02:45]Turn around. Hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back. Now.

[00:02:50]Behind your back.

[00:02:54]Bowser was held for over an hour before a supervisor arrived, heard both sides, and the situation was de-escalated. He was released with no criminal charges filed. As of May 2026, no disciplinary action against the officer has been publicly confirmed, no civil lawsuit by Bowser against Houston PD appears in public court records, and the underlying civil dispute between Bowser and co-founder Warren Broadnax remains active in Harris County with no trial date yet set.

[00:03:22]What the heck?

[00:03:24]What did I do?

[00:03:26]What the actual heck? What?

[00:03:29]What did I do?

[00:03:31]I'm asking you, what did I do?

[00:03:35]What the heck?

[00:03:36]>> Girl, you need to >> I'm recording. What?

[00:03:39]Is this We have a kid in the car.

[00:03:42]>> baby in the car. On Good Friday, April 3rd, Kathleen Booker left her Houston home with her stepdaughter and toddler in the car, and within minutes, multiple Full Shear Police Department units had her boxed in on FM 1093, weapons drawn.

[00:03:56]Listen to me. Put your gun down. What did I do? But what did I do?

[00:04:02]But why am I being stopped?

[00:04:06]What the heck is going on?

[00:04:10]Like what?

[00:04:14]But but but Her hands are up, though.

[00:04:19]What?

[00:04:21]Are they crazy?

[00:04:23]The robbery they were responding to involved two armed black male suspects in masks who fled in a white Nissan.

[00:04:29]Booker is a black woman, alone with children in a white Nissan Armada, a different vehicle class, matching none of the suspect descriptors beyond the car's color.

[00:04:38]Oh my gosh.

[00:04:40]Oh my gosh.

[00:04:42]What the heck?

[00:04:44]I'm keeping my hands What the heck is going on?

[00:04:55]What? Under Terry versus Ohio, a lawful investigative stop requires reasonable suspicion backed by articulable facts, and courts have consistently held that race alone or a single shared vehicle characteristic does not meet that bar.

[00:05:14]What is going on?

[00:05:16]Okay. Wait, hold up. No, you're good.

[00:05:26]Wait, what happened?

[00:05:31]Attempted what?

[00:05:33]We just went Fullshare PD called it a reasonable match based on proximity and vehicle color. Booker's attorney called it a Fourth Amendment violation with no probable cause. Booker was handcuffed, her stepdaughter was ordered out of the vehicle, and the toddler remained in the backseat.

[00:05:49]Where were you Where As of today, no charges were ever filed against Booker. No officer discipline appears in any public record, and when Booker's husband met with a full-share PD supervisor, the department offered a complaint form, which the family declined, and that appears to be the full extent of any internal response.

[00:06:20]Booker has retained an attorney and is pursuing legal action, but nothing has been filed publicly. The encounter ended, the accountability hasn't started. Tell us what you think in the comments.

[00:06:37]On the evening of April 16th, 2026, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police officers responded around 7:00 p.m. to the 7200 block of Forest Way in Homewood, following community complaints of drug use in an abandoned structure, where they encountered 28-year-old Angel Bradford, a woman her husband says is autistic and had just left a psychiatric facility.

[00:07:16]Bradford was charged with aggravated assault on law enforcement, tampering with evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. But the legal question that actually matters here isn't what Bradford allegedly did before the cuffs went on, it's what happened after. Because under the Fourth Amendment's objective reasonableness standard from Graham v. Connor, once a person is secured and the immediate threat is neutralized, the legal justification for continued force narrows significantly and Pittsburgh Bureau of Police policy is explicit.

[00:07:47]Officers must use de-escalation techniques when safe and feasible before resorting to force.

[00:07:53]The incident was referred to a Pennsylvania State Police use of force expert and Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board launched its own independent investigation. As of today, no public record of officer discipline, criminal charges against the officer, or a civil lawsuit exists. The investigations remain active with no findings publicly released. Drop your thoughts in the comments. Does this investigation process give you confidence or does it feel like the usual delay?