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Cop Pulls Gun on 11yr Old Black Child for Building a Treehouse
An eleven year old African American child and his friends were held at gun point by a Georgia police officer for building a tree house in a wooded area near their home, according to local media reports.
Omari Grant and his friends were engaged in the business of childhood play, when a neighbor decided to call police because they objected to the children playing fort in the woods (give me strength!).
The situation took a dramatic turn that may scar these young boys for life.
Omari and his mother Janice Baptiste, told Channel 2’s Aaron Diamant that Henry County police officers, one with his gun drawn, circled on the boys as if arresting hardened criminals.
“I was thinking that I don’t want to be shot today, so I just listened to what they said,” Omari said
Omari said the officer holding his gun also used foul language and made him and his friends lay down on the ground.
“I learned that they’re supposed to help you not make you feel scared to even come outside,” he said.
His mother described the impact of the incident on her boy.
“I guess the release of tension was like, ‘Mom, he had a gun in my face, Mommy. Mommy, he had a gun in my face,’”
Source: http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/cop-pulls-gun-11yr-old-black-child-building-treehouse/
