Michigan police detained a Black child who was in the ‘wrong place, wrong time,’ department says

Tashawn Bernard, 12, is “traumatized” so much that he “doesn’t not want to go outside anymore” after being handcuffed while taking out trash, lawyer says

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A white police officer handcuffed a Black child outside his Michigan home in an “unfortunate case of ‘wrong place, wrong time,’” the Lansing Police Department said Friday.

The department posted the explanation on Facebook after cellphone  today!

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