Oklahoma teen's controversial jaywalking arrest under review

[Demovictory9]

https://www.ksbw.com/article/oklahoma-teens-controversial-jaywalking-arrest-under-review/32840489

Tulsa police have released body camera footage from two officers who arrested a black teenager and handcuffed a second for jaywalking last week.

The videos were released in response to social media messages from the community about the arrest, police said. The videos appear to have been blurred and redacted by police to conceal the teenagers' identities.


In the videos of the June 4 incident, the two teenagers can be seen walking down the middle of a road together before they are approached by an officer on foot and a second in a squad car.

Once the officers reach the teenagers, one officer can then be seen forcing a teenager onto his stomach to handcuff him, while holding him down with his arms and knees. The second teenager is also handcuffed, but doesn't struggle and remains standing.

'You want to see me in jail or dead'
The teenagers can both be heard repeatedly asking the officers why they are being detained and handcuffed and the teenager being held accuses the officers of targeting him be because he is black, saying "you want to see me in jail or dead."

One of the arresting officers responds by telling the teens they were breaking the law by jaywalking.

[Phoenix61]

1. I watched the video. Jaywalking was nothing

but an excuse to stop and harass to black teenagers.

[Demovictory9]

2. jaywalking, walking across parking lot, riding bike, breathing... it's a regular occurence.

[womanofthehills]

3. How racist - all the cops needed to do was talk to the kids

It’s so bad.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Kick

[struggle4progress]

5. "Let them do this and next they'll be biking at 10mph in a 20mph school zone"

[uponit7771]

6. "arrest" My ass, the M$M is part of why many LEO's get a pass on killing black people. The Murder...

... cop was choking out a 14 yr old kid.

There's no "arrest" there ... then they blurred the camera so no one could see clearly

It was horrible