Outrage after NJ police tackled teen, 13, who they mistook for tattooed 22-year-old suspect

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Outrage after NJ police tackled teen, 13, who they mistook for tattooed 22-year-old suspect
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Police tackled a 13-year-old boy they somehow mistook for a tatted-up 22-year-old suspect at a deli in New Jersey on Friday, sparking an internal investigation as the teen’s family demands accountability.

Alkyair Williams, 13, popped inside Jenny Deli and Grocery in East Orange on Friday afternoon — and was jumped by six officers while purchasing a t-shirt, according to harrowing surveillance footage obtained by The teen was facing the exit when the first officer stormed inside and pinned him against a stack of boxes. Five other officers rushed inside seconds later and dogpiled on top of Alkyair once he was knocked to the ground, according to the video.Two other officers kept Alkyair’s mother, Amirah Williams, outside of the deli. When they finally allowed her to enter, the battered teen was standing near the counter, his hands cuffed behind his back. Florida woman flashes devilish grin after being accused of doing unspeakable things to Airbnbs — and posting footage on sex sites“I’m trying to see why y’all got my son right here? He said, mistaken identity. I said mistaken identity for who? For who? He said, a 22-year-old with dreads and visible tattoos. I said look at my son, do he look like he 22? Do he have visible tattoos? He don’t even have dreads,” Amirah recounted. The officers did not identify their names or badge numbers and “drove off like nothing ever happened,” Amirah said.Alkyair said that he “got PTSD” from the whirlwind encounter. “I don’t want to go outside no more. Me, me, I’m a normal kid that just go outside, that want to hang with their friends. No, that ain’t me no more. I don’t want to go to school no more,” he told the outlet. The Newark Police Division’s Office of Professional Standards launched an internal investigation after the chaotic arrest. Beloved NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children dead in tragic house fire: ‘Like a tornado of smoke’ Florida woman flashes devilish grin after being accused of doing unspeakable things to Airbnbs — and posting footage on sex sites Insane lines at NYC airports spark 3-hour wait times for fliers as shutdown chaos sparks travel nightmare‘Who’s the Boss?’ alum Judith Light reveals her unique and affordable beauty routineMother of Jude Law’s daughter allegedly berated by Chappell Roan’s security guard challenges pop star: ‘Just looked at her’Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ on Netflix, a Fitting Conclusion to the Stylish Rock ‘n’ Roll Gangster Saga

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