A Black teenager at the center of a now-viral video showing an encounter with Maryland law enforcement that turned violent is urging others to stand up against police brutality.
that turned violent is urging others to stand up against police brutality.
Anderson and his friends claimed that he stopped vaping but kept the pen in his hand as they continued walking. One of his friends, 18-year-old Jahtique, said they then noticed that they were being followed by the officers who"kept harassing us." That's when Lauryn Gray, a bystander at a nearby restaurant on the boardwalk, took out her cellphone and began recording the incident. Gray told ABC News that she heard a"thud" and saw officers surrounding a man on the ground as they shouted at him to stop resisting. She said she saw one of the officers knee the man in the ribs several times after he yelled out,"What are you arresting me for?" She noted that she did not see what led up to the altercation.
According to police, John Lewis allegedly pushed a public safety aide in the chest while shouting profanities. He then allegedly picked up a police bike and attempted to strike the public safety aide with it. Officers took the bike away but John Lewis allegedly assaulted the public safety aide again and then resisted arrest, police said.Police said the officers attempted to establish and maintain a perimeter to separate the"aggressive and hostile crowd" from the ongoing arrests.
"I feel like they could've just talked to us about it instead of having to be so physical," Warren told ABC News in the interview."There was a different way they could've handled that situation."A video taken of an altercation over vaping between police and a man in Ocean City, Md., on June 12, 2021, circulated through social media.
Day was charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing and hindering, failure to obey a reasonable and lawful order, resisting or interfering with arrest and second-degree assault.MORE: 3 Tacoma police officers charged in death of Manuel Ellis who said he couldn't breathe
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