A former college basketball standout said North Carolina police drew a gun on him during a traffic stop and then asked him for an autograph.

Nolan Smith, a former Duke University guard was back in Durham to participate in a fantasy camp, posted a series of tweets about the Wednesday night incident.

“The encounter I had with the police tonight … Guns drawn, yelling, no questions asked. … Smh. … What’s really going on?” Smith posted shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday.

“Yes I have 4% Tint. … But I rolled the windows down right away. … And showed them I was harmless. They didn’t care. Guns were out. … Wow,” he posted several minutes later.

“Soon as they relaxed and asked questions. … They became fans,” posted Smith, who is black. “Chill you not getting a autograph now, you just pulled a gun on me. Smh.”

Police said they stopped Smith at 11:23 p.m. after trailing him for several blocks in his Chevrolet Tahoe because the windows were tinted.

The police report shows two officers approached the vehicle, one on the driver’s side and the other on the passenger side, and one of them unholstered his weapon because he could not see through the tinted windows into the back of the vehicle.

Officers issued Smith, who spent last season playing in the NBA’s D-League, a warning ticket for a tint violation.

A police department spokesman who identified himself only as “Anderson” told The Sporting News that the officers probably had a reason to justify pulling a gun, although he wasn’t sure why they actually did.

“It could have been a similar car whose description matched one of a bank robbery or a shooting,” the spokesman said. “It could have been the actions and behavior of the driver.”

“Tempers flare, and if the case went to court, an officer would need to be able to justify why he did that, but that’s why police officers have body cameras and the cameras in the car,” he added.

Durham police officers do not currently have body cameras, but the department held a “listening forum” two weeks ago to discuss the possibility of buying them.

The spokesman said pulling guns during a traffic stop was “normal behavior,” but he referred questions about whether autograph requests were permitted to the department’s community services officer, who did not respond to requests for comment.

This story written by Travis Gettys for RawStory

Twitter has added a tool to help users report abusive content to law enforcement, which could aid in removing the most threatening posts as Twitter ramps up its efforts to combat harassment.

The tool has been incorporated into the existing process for flagging abusive content or tweets. After reporting abusive or threatening content to Twitter, users have an option to receive an emailed summary of the report. The report would include the flagged tweet and its URL, the time at which it was sent, and the user name and account URL of the person who posted it.

The report, aimed at law enforcement, would also include a link to Twitter’s guidelines on how authorities can request non-public user account information from Twitter. The idea is that after seeing a report, law enforcement might feel compelled to take further action.

Twitter would not send this emailed report to law enforcement directly; it would be up to user to forward it. It comes as Twitter has more broadly beefed up its tools for reporting abusive content.

Twitter seems to envision the tool as a possible route to respond to the most threatening tweets. “While we take threats of violence seriously and will suspend responsible accounts when appropriate, we strongly recommend contacting your local law enforcement if you’re concerned about your physical safety,” Twitter said in a blog post on Tuesday.

In developing the tool, Twitter received feedback from a number of outside groups including the National Network to End Domestic Violence, which works to end violence against women. The new tool is not designed exclusively for women, but it could help in this area. Women have been ruthlessly targeted on Twitter and on other sites like Reddit and 4chan, due to sexism in the video game industry, sometimes referred to as “Gamergate.”

Twitter has been working to improve its abuse-reporting tools, which all rely on users to flag content. The company recently streamlined its tools for reporting issues like impersonation and self-harm. Just last week Twitter banned the posting of revenge porn and nude images that have been stolen or are being used without permission, after a similar move by Reddit.

Twitter’s new tool is rolling out worldwide starting Tuesday for the desktop as well as the company’s mobile apps.