Woman alleges off-duty officer held her at gunpoint

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The Knoxville Police Department is investigating after a woman claimed that an off-duty police officer pulled a gun on her while she was changing her license plate.

Tonya Jameson had just purchased a car from another woman and was putting her new license plate on the car when a man identifying himself as a police officer asked her for the paperwork for her car, but not before pulling a gun on her.

Jameson said that she felt the incident was racially-motivated. “I want more people who don’t understand how unarmed people, especially people of color, are shot and killed by police – how quickly something like this can escalate,” said Jameson.

The KPD said that the officer in question had not had any disciplinary action since 2006 and that his assignment had not changed.

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