in the path. rob has the latest track. the arrest of a grandmother making headlines. pulled out of a car and the late development involving one of the officers. with mother's day almost here, the children who needed a mom. who is our person of the week? >> announcer: this is "abc world news tonight" with david muir. >> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a busy friday night. we begin with a controversial scene outside a waffle house. a piece of video tonight and a police takedown already under investigation. a young african american man unarmed. he had just taken his younger sister to her school dance. an officer seen with a hand to the young man's neck. he is then slammed to the ground. tonight we have heard from waffle house which was already in the news after another controversial police arrest. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, outrage growing after this confrontation caught on cellphone video. >> get off me! get your hands off me!