Officer Accused Of Handcuffing Black Child Who Dribbled Ball In Gym
The Police Athletic League in Jacksonville, Florida, has an inspirational slogan on the side of its building: “Filling playgrounds, not prisons.” But Bunmi Borisade told HuffPost she and her 11 year old son, Fatayi, went to a youth basketball game at the West 33rd Street JaxPAL gym on Aug. 4. After the game, Borisade was chatting with friends when she was approached by a little girl. “This 6-year-old came up to me and said, ‘Your son is being handcuffed for dribbling a basketball,’” Borisade said.
When she found him, Borisade said, he was standing next to a police car, surrounded by four deputies from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. “My son’s hands were handcuffed behind his back and he was in tears.” Borisade said when she asked the officer who had taken her son into custody why he was in handcuffs, she was told, “He was being disrespectful.” She said the officer wouldn’t explain what her son did.
Fatayi’s basketball coach, Lo Miller, told HuffPost he asked the officer what was going on. He said the deputy told him Fatayi had been bouncing a ball on the basketball court after the game, refused requests to stop and ran when confronted. Borisade said when she questioned her son about the incident, he told her he did not hear anyone tell him to stop dribbling the ball. He said the only thing he heard was someone yell, “I know you hear me, boy.”
“He said he looked and when he saw this big man coming at him he got scared and ran,” the mother said. “ He said the man grabbed him by the arm, pushed him up against a wall and said, ‘Now you’re going to see what it feels like to be arrested.’”
Christian Hancock, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, told HuffPost the complaint has been received and is under review. “As such, we are not at liberty to discuss active investigations,”
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Also, tho, they need to sue for false arrest, because NO ONE is going to convict a KID for this if the story is even 50% accurate, then w/ THAT $ go after Ingraham. Then the kid can go to college AND law school 
(if he' wants to ). I really REALLY loathe her and think it is WAY past time she get sued into non-existence...
