A viral video posted to TikTok shows Lansing officers mistakenly detaining a young Black man they believed to be a suspect in a string of car thefts in Michigan.
posted to TikTok shows officers mistakenly detaining a young Black man they believed to be a suspect in a string of car thefts in Michigan. The Lansing Police Department has addressed the video and calls it an “unfortunate understanding.”
The video captures the young man in a parking lot near a large dumpster, shortly after a police officer has handcuffed him. Soon after, a man who appears to be his father comes out and defends the young man being detained.The father and the person filming can both be heard saying that the young person was simply taking out the trash.
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