Pokemon Go: American Footballer’s Game Ends with 4 Police Guns Pointed at his Face

Local Editor

Faith Ekakitie, a defensive end for the University of Iowa, described in detail an encounter he had with police as he played Pokémon Go in an Iowa City park last week.

This story, sobering as it is, ended not in tragedy but with Ekakitie thanking police.

"It was the first time I've truly feared my life," the 23-year-old senior wrote on his Facebook account, "and I have the media to thank for that."

He wrote that he was "happy to be alive" after five police officers stopped him and pointed four guns at him because he fit the description of a man who had just robbed a bank.

At a time when police shootings of black men are under scrutiny, Ekakitie described the encounter from his perspective and tried to look at it through the eyes of police, too.

"My pockets were checked, my backpack was opened up and searched carefully, and I was asked to lift up my shirt while they searched my waistband," Ekakitie wrote.

"Not once did they identify themselves to me as Iowa City Police officers, but with four gun barrels staring me in the face, I wouldn't dare question the authority of the men and woman in front of me. This is what happened from my point of view.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team