Harlem cops were seen forcibly detaining a young boy from a subway stop at 145th Street Friday night for selling snacks.
What We Know:
- Police say that they were called to the scene by the train conductor after they “observed a male child of about eight years of age by himself exiting and re-entering train cars over the course of several stations”.
- Jenkins, a witness at the scene, said people started to gather around and were trying to help the boy by picking up the snacks he was selling.
- Police continued to throw the candy in the trash dispute the attention from the surrounding public.
- Police then took the boy and his parents to Transit District to further investigate the boy before releasing the child to his mother and an adult male.
- The adult male was also issued a C-Summons for disorderly conduct, according to the police reports.
Jenkins shared a video on Twitter which showed the upset boy trying to free himself from police detention.
Cell phone video shot yesterday on the 145th Street subway platform in Harlem shows a group of NYPD officers terrorizing a little boy for allegedly selling candy. https://t.co/rWOj0nabGp
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 12, 2020
CW: Police violence.
This is the second part of the cell phone video. https://t.co/uLx6gH9A7M
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 12, 2020
