Black mother arrested after telling Texas police a white man assaulted her child
A Fort Worth police officer has been placed on "restricted duty status" after a viral video emerged Wednesday showing the officer arresting a mother who called authorities to report that her 7-year-old son has been assaulted.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Thursday, police said the department's Internal Affairs Unit is investigating the incident, which led to the arrest of the mother, Jacqueline Craig, and her two daughters, according to video of the incident that was posted on Facebook.
Craig, 46, and her relatives are black, and the officer - who has not been named by police - is white.
The nearly 6-minute video - which shows the officer pointing his stun gun at teenagers during the controversial arrests - has been shared more than 65,000 times and racked up nearly 1 million views.
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