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Real Talk #1 Drs. Dr. Harris & Dr. Kennedy Why Did Stockton Police Arrest Black Youth at the bus stop?

 

 

The 16-year-old Stockton boy shot on camera during a violent arrest, insisted Friday he did nothing wrong during the incident.

Emilio Mayfield was at the Stockton Transit Center Tuesday morning to catch a bus to school when police said he was in a lane marked for buses. Police spokesman Joe Silva said Mayfield was told to move, but he refused, then resisted arrest when the officer tried to cite him for trespassing.

The encounter was captured on camera, and it seems to show Mayfield grabbing a police baton being used against him.

"His baton is toward my chest, then goes to my neck, and he was choking me," Mayfield said. "I can hardly breathe, and I'm pushing it back."

Silva said police officer can't allow their weapons to be taken away.

"If people would just comply with a lawful order from a police officer and try not to take weapons away, force wouldn't have to be used," he said.

Silva said the incident is under administrative review. Any video shot by a police body camera won't be released because of the ongoing investigation.

The grandfather of Mayfield, Reggie Duncan, said Friday it hadn't been determined yet if the family would sue Stockton police for how the arrest was handled. http://www.abc10.com/story/news/2015/09/18/stockton-police-video-mayfield/72431142/

 

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