SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The arrest of an "OG against violence" in Syracuse has prompted a Black Lives Matter protest.
The Syracuse chapter of Black Lives Matter will hold a protest at 10 a.m. today (Friday) outside of the Onondaga County Justice Center, announced Herve Comeau, a spokesman for the group, in an email. The jail is located at 555 S. State St. in Syracuse.
The protest was organized after Maurice "Mo" Crawley, a well-known local advocate against gun violence, was taken into custody by a Syracuse police officer while filming an arrest.
Crawley's arrest was captured in a video he started to stream on his Facebook page around 7 p.m.
As of 7 a.m. Friday, Crawley was still listed in the jail's custody. Crawley, 52, has been charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors, according to jail records.
Comeau said the protesters are focused on freeing Crawley and ensuring police accountability.
"Though the city, the mayor and the police chief have suggested that hiring black police officers would solve the problem, it would not," Comeau said. "The problem is police culture. The problem is the lack of accountability. The problem is that violent police officers can do violence against black bodies without consequence."
At the start of his video, Crawley stands across the street from police -- focusing his camera on two officers who are arresting a man. Crawley states he decided to go live to "see what's going on with these boys, make sure they're doing everything they're supposed to be doing."
Crawley zooms in as one officer handcuffs and searches the man.
"Look at the Uncle Tom," he said. "Yeah, Uncle Tom. Mmmhmm."
Crawley then returns to filming the scene, capturing footage of the officers as they searched the handcuffed man. After about a minute of silence, one of the officers speaks.
"Hey! Say one word, your (expletive) is going to jail, just so you know."
Crawley replied, "I didn't hear you. Say it again, officer. I'm sorry, I didn't hear you."
The officer crossed the street and told Crawley to turn around and give the officer his hands. Crawley asked why, and the camera swings toward trees, powerlines and the sky before turning green.
"Don't (expletive) move, you understand me?" an officer said. "Don't you (expletive) move, I'm a (expletive) you up."
The video was reposted on the Facebook page of Syracuse's Black Lives Matter chapter. By 8 a.m., it had been viewed over 10,000 times.
Syracuse.com has reached out to police for comment.