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Video of NJ police response to teen battle sparks outrage and racism allegations
Bridgewater Commons mall battle
After police break up a New Jersey mall battle, a Black teen is handcuffed whereas the White teen concerned within the feud appears to be like on from a coach. Sienna Freidinger/TMX
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New Jersey police are underneath fireplace after two officers responded to a mall battle and handcuffed a Black teen whereas the White teen concerned within the brawl was allowed to sit down on a close-by sofa.
The one-minute video of the Saturday battle at Bridgewater Commons in Bridgewater Township reveals the teenagers arguing with one another earlier than the 2 change punches.
A nonetheless of the video reveals Bridgewater cops pin the Black teen to the bottom and handcuff him.
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Two Bridgewater Police Division cops arrive and pull the White teen onto a close-by sofa, as they pin the Black teen, 14, to the ground and handcuff him.
The feminine officer seems to put her knee on the again of the Black teen’s neck. At one level, the White teen may be seen standing up and searching down at his rival.
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“Yo! It’s trigger he’s Black, racially motivated,” an individual may be heard saying within the background.
The New Jersey mall the place two teenagers bought right into a fistfight.
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The officers may be seen pulling the Black teen up off the ground and inserting him on one other sofa.
The video went viral on social media, and on Monday, the Bridgewater Police Division introduced a probe into incident on the company’s Fb web page.
“The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Workplace is helping within the investigation,” the company posted.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy weighed in on Twitter, saying he was “deeply disturbed by what seems to be racially disparate therapy on this video.”
New Jersey NAACP President Richard T. Smith on Tuesday known as for the Bridgewater officers who responded to be faraway from the police pressure pending the end result of the investigation.
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“When Bridgewater police discovered two youths combating, the fast response was to aggressively throw the Black little one to the bottom, knee positioned across the neck space and cuffed behind the again,” Smith stated in an announcement.
“On the identical time, the White youth, not less than equally at fault for the battle as his Black counterpart, was fastidiously eased onto a sofa and handled like a sufferer,’ he added.
The Black teen, who’s in eighth grade, advised NBC Information that the dispute began when he confronted the White teen for bullying his good friend.
The teenager’s mother advised the information outlet she was outraged. “It doesn’t take two cops to carry a 14-year-old boy down who’s not resisting, whereas the opposite boy is simply form of going free and nonetheless going off on my son,” she stated. “It simply doesn’t make sense.”
The Black teen’s household has employed legal professional Ben Crump, the information website reported. Fox Information Digital blurred the faces within the footage to guard the teenagers’ identities.
