Black men in the US better stay away from this phone caseā¦police can mistake it for a gun. If they are being shot unarmed, imagine if a police officer saw this. The controversial new phone case which is shaped like a handgun is now being sold on Amazon for $10 and critics are calling it a ādeathtrapā. In fact, NYPD is begging people not to buy the case to avoid issues with police ā¦
Retired New Jersey state trooper and firearms instructor Al Della Fave told CNN Money:
āMost kids carry their cellphone in their back pocket and if someone reaches for it, in my mind theyāre reaching for a gun. The first thing theyāre going to see as itās coming up is the trigger guard and the butt of the gun. This doesnāt seem like a good idea at all to me.ā