Tulsa family wants charges dropped after teen arrested for jaywalking.
The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and police are investigating an incident captured on body camera footage that showed officers stop two teens and grab one by the arms without warning.A Tulsa family is calling for charges to be dropped after a teen was arrested for jaywalking last week.
When one of the teens asks why the officers were following them, an officer replies,"Because you were jaywalking, you broke the law, that's why."The Tulsa Police Department released body-camera footage of the June 4 incident.Tulsa Police Department The first teen is placed in the caged squad car, while the second teen is released, before the 20-minute footage ends.
"That is disheartening, particularly this time where police violence and brutality is everywhere," said Solomon-Simmons, adding that the teen was afraid."He's seeing what happened to George Floyd. He doesn't know what's going to happen to him."at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers has touched off weeks of protests across the country."I couldn't believe it. I was hurt," Tawanna Adkins said.
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