Officer Accused Of Handcuffing Black Child Who Dribbled Ball In Gym
8/10/2018 06:04 pm ET Updated 3 hours ago
The gym is run by the Police Athletic League, whose mission is to foster “positive relationships” between cops and kids. The mother says “they terrorized my son.”
By David Lohr
The Police Athletic League in Jacksonville, Florida, has an inspirational slogan on the side of its building: “Filling playgrounds, not prisons.” But, ironically, it stands in stark contrast to the behavior of an officer who’s accused of handcuffing an 11-year-old boy who was dribbling a basketball inside the building.
“I can’t believe these officers did this to my son,” Bunmi Borisade told HuffPost. “It hurts. They didn’t even care he is a child.”
Borisade, 33, said she and her 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. “I was confused and went to find my son.”
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