Viral video of a clash between teens at a New Jersey mall and how police responded has sparked a discussion on inequitable policing and opened old wounds in state law enforcement's troubled history with discrimination.
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW YORK) A viral video of police responding to a fight between two teenagers at the Bridgewater Commons Mall in New Jersey over the
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW YORK) A viral video of police responding to a fight between two teenagers at the Bridgewater Commons Mall in New Jersey over the weekend has drawn outrage and prompted an internal investigation over the officer's apparent treatment of the Black teenager. The video, which was taken by a bystander, appears to show the two teens arguing and then they begin to throw punches at each other. Shortly after, two Bridgewater Township police officers arrived at the scene and broke up the altercation. However, only the Black teenager, who was identified as an eighth grader named Kye, was handcuffed after being thrown to the ground, the video showed. "They basically tackle me to the ground and then the one – the male officer put his knee in my back and then he starts putting me in cuffs," Kye told ABC News station WABC in New York, in an interview that aired Tuesday night. "And then the female officer came over and put her knee on my upper back too an