Video posted on Monday shows Syracuse police arresting a sobbing 8-year-old boy. “I’ll pay for it…leave him alone,” one bystander says.
The shocking video was taken on Sunday and racked up millions of views in just two days.
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman has more in HuffPost:
Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh said in a statement Tuesday that when he first saw the video, he was “concerned” but that no handcuffs were used and the child was taken home. He called for the city to better support kids and families and invest in “alternative response options” to police.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-syracuse-new-york-black-boy-chips_n_625f36f7e4b0be72bffbbc98
The boy’s father, Anthony Weah, told Syracuse.com that the cops who dropped off his son, who is 8 years old, were friendly — but later, upon seeing the video of his son wailing and being forced into the back of a police car over a bag of Doritos, Weah said he wanted to lodge a complaint with the police.
Over on YouTube, Dan Simpson had more to say: