A Black pastor in Alabama is filing a discrimination lawsuit against police after he was arrested for watering his neighbour’s flowers.

Pastor Michael Jennings, who leads the Vision of Abundant Life Ministries in Sylacauga, had just returned from a Sunday service to his home in nearby Childersburg in May when he went to his neighbour’s house to water her plants. He told police that his neighbour had asked him to take care of the plants while they were out of town.