ATLANTA -- Sir Maejor Page identifies himself as the CEO and president of Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta. But police records show he allegedly impersonated a police office on more than one occasion.
Fulton County Court records show he legally changed his name to Tyree Page in 2013. In July he participated in the closed door meeting between Mayor Kasim Reed and local protestors. Following the meeting he spoke to the media alongside Reed and Atlanta Police Chief George Turner.
The purpose of the meeting was to work toward improving relations between police and Atlanta residents.
Court and arrest records obtained by 11Alive, however, detail charges of impersonating an officer.
Atlanta Police Department (APD) incident reports from December 2014 to October 2015 detail three separate incidents.
The December 2014 report describes Page working security at a Shell gas station and identifying himself as an APD Fugitive Task Force officer. The reports states he called police dispatch for assistance after handcuffing a woman for an open container of alcohol.
Officers took Page into custody and released the woman. In the report, Page is described as wearing a replica APD uniform, with a Glock, taser, loaded magazines, radio, handcuffs and baton around his waist.
Charges following the incident included impersonating an officer. 11Alive searched Fulton County criminal court records on Wednesday and found a case filed against Page 13 days after the incident.
The status of the case is listed as closed, but it is also confidential so the outcome isn't public.
The other two arrests reports also charged Page with impersonating an officer. In each case he was able to plea down to lesser charges of obstruction of law enforcement officers. He was sentenced to probation and community service in those cases.
A public relations representative for Page and Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta released a statement late Wednesday that responded to many claims.
Among them, the statement claims that all charges were dismissed by the Fulton County District Attorney and that, contrary to records obtained by 11Alive, Page has no criminal record.
The statement said that Page is a certified security officer and fugitive recovery agent in the state of Georgia and that the charges against him were not uncommon for those working in those fields.
The statement also calls into question other reports in Atlanta that Page said were fueled by another similarly-named but unaffiliated organization - Black Lives Matter Atlanta who he said was attempting to discredit him.
