New Jersey police are under fire for their response to a fist fight after a Black eighth grader was pinned to the ground and handcuffed while a white teen involved in the weekend mall scuffle was left seated on a couch.
The fight, which took place at Bridgewater Commons in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, on Saturday was captured on video and prompted a review of the officers’ conduct as well as strong words from the governor.
“He was kind of saying like ‘You’re a little kid, you’re my little pet’ and stuff like that,” Kye said. “I was like calm, because I knew not to be scared, just stay calm and not move and do what they tell me to do,” Kye said on being restrained by the officers.“It doesn’t take two cops to hold a 14-year-old boy down who’s not resisting, while the other boy is just kind of going free and still going off on my son. It just doesn’t make sense,” she said to NBC New York.
Bridgewater Township Mayor Matthew Moench on Tuesday acknowledged the video, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy expressed his concern.the rules governing use of force by police officers in New Jersey are codified by the Office of the Attorney General.
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