Attorneys for the family of the 12-year-old, who was taking out the trash, said he was traumatized by the incident and no longer wants to go outside.
The 12-year-old had just put trash into a dumpster outside his home on Thursday afternoon when a police officer approached and handcuffed him, according to his family.
The bystander’s video was viewed more than 5 million times and led community members to condemn the Lansing Police Department for its handling of the situation.The boy was traumatized by the incident and no longer wants to go outside, attorneys for his family said, according to theThe police department issued a statement on Friday, describing the boy’s handcuffing as an “unfortunate case of ‘wrong place, wrong time.
Police said the boy was released once the officer realized he was not the suspect who had fled earlier. Video shows the boy was with police for about four minutes before an officer walked him to where his father stood on a sidewalk outside the apartment complex.Bernard told CBS that his son was “stunned” by the incident: “He’s like, ‘What have I done?’”
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