Police in Michigan are standing by a group of officers who drew their guns on and handcuffed a real estate agent, a potential home buyer and his 15-year-old son, all three of whom are Black and were touring a home on Sunday.
, a potential home buyer and his 15-year-old son, all three of whom are Black and were touring a home on Sunday.
Real estate agent Eric Brown, left, said he was taking his client Roy Thorne and his son through a home in Wyoming, Mich., when he noticed a growing police presence outside.Eric Brown, 46, of Grand Rapids Real Estate, was giving Roy Thorne and Thorne's son, Sammy, a tour of the two-story home in the early afternoon when he saw a police officer circling the property with his gun drawn,.
Brown said he feared for their lives, adding that Sammy was “clearly terrified and traumatized by the situation.”
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