Oluwadamilola Ogooluwa Bamigboye, 24, and Rekeya Lionesha Lee Frazier, 23, were hit with federal charges after agents approached Bamigboye regarding an alleged student visa overstay. According to the account, the encounter quickly spiraled when Frazier got behind the wheel and drove away with one of the agents still inside the vehicle, heading toward a police station.
Bamigboye, meanwhile, reportedly took off on foot and ran into a nearby store.
The pair later pleaded not guilty and were released on bond. Bamigboye also cited PTSD connected to a kidnapping he experienced in Nigeria, adding another layer to an already bizarre chain of events.
Frazier’s identity brought an additional connection that caught public attention. She is the sister of Darnella Frazier, the teenager whose cellphone video documented the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and became a defining piece of evidence in the national reckoning that followed.
It’s so fricking insane though with what’s said to have been done… a masked person with a gun hops into your car, and you bring them to a police station. That’s… consideration beyond any reasonable action… a point of restraint so absurdly wholesome erroring so far on the side of not killing a potential attacker.
Though realistically of course it’s going to be a greyer area. stand your ground protects you if you KILL a teenager with no without confirmation that they are armed or have any risk to you. But bringing someone who absolutely has the ability to end your life at a moments notice that you can’t identify to the police so everything can be confirmed and sorted out, probably won’t have the same level of protections.