Two New Jersey police officers are being investigated after breaking an altercation at Bridgewater Commons Mall.
A video circulating on social media shows two adolescents fighting, soon before authorities detained the black youngster and forced him to the ground, leaving the white student sitting on a couch.
The adolescents were initially seen in a verbal altercation. The scenario rapidly devolved into a physical brawl in which both teenagers traded blows. Officers rush up to the incident as the white teen smashes the black teen to the floor, flinging the white teen into the sofa and kneeing the black kid in the back as he is detained.
The female cop shoves the white adolescent onto a nearby couch and signals for him to stay. Simultaneously, the male police takes the Black youngster to the ground, sits on him, and handcuffs him, while the female officer quickly kneels on his back to keep him down on the ground.
An eyewitness was heard saying "It’s trigger he is Black. Racially enthusiastic". According to a report by NJ.com, both teens were banned from the mall for three years, and the Bridgewater Police Department is currently investigating the incident.
The department said in a statement on Facebook;
“We recognize that this video has made members of our community upset and are calling for an internal affairs investigation.
“We have requested that the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office assist us in this matter.”
Troy Fischer, senior general manager of the mall, told NJ Advance Media that police officers are not usually stationed at the mall, but the Bridgewater Police Department received a tip that a fight might breakout there on Saturday night. Subsequently, the police department dispatched officers to the scene prior to the incident.
Eboné, mother of the black kid identified as Kye told ABC 7 that she was grateful that her son is alright but asked that the two police officers be fired.
She said;
“I had to observe it on mute. I nonetheless have not watched it and listened to the audio, I am infant-stepping my way into observing it, but it can be just crazy.
“It doesn’t consider two cops to keep a 14-year-outdated boy down who is not resisting, when the other boy is just heading free of charge and however heading off on my son. It just isn’t going to make feeling”
Watch a video from scene of the fight below.