Newark, NJ, Police Chased 10-Year-Old Boy With Guns Drawn in Mistaken-Identity Case

[huey]

Jesus fucking christ. Stormtroopers thinking a 10 year old kid is a grown ass man..what can be said

 

[I Self Lord & Master]

this threw my whole vibe off

a nigga was coastin

 

[semi-auto-mato]

this story is disturbing for several reasons. there is the obvious he was only a kid and they could have killed him. there is also the question of why are u chasing suspects with guns drawn and people are outside walking around and playing? that is way too dangerous. the cops statement to mom about filing a report. the pd statement about yeah guns were drawn but not aimed. it just makes u say WOW.

 

[Copper]

I don't understand why these communities don't trust the cops.

 

[StillFaggyAF]

I'm glad he survived

 

[Trillfate]

Sue. The trauma alone should be worth 6 figures

 

[D. Morgan]

this threw my whole vibe off

a nigga was coastin

Exactly this just really fucked up my day.

 

[Maximus Rex]

What about black on black crime?

 

[bgoat]

I'm tired.

 

[I Self Lord & Master]

get this kid some threapy NOW

 

[Allah_U_Akbar]

He probably doesn't realize how lucky he is to still be alive.

 

[Vellum]

Bruh, considering the things that traumatize you as a kid and a teenager. I couldnt imagine the fear of thinking youre about to get shot to death at 10 years old by cops.

I remember the first time i got called a nigger on a middle school field trip, and white kids were saying the KKK were gonna get me, Domino, Ghetto Jams was playing, and anytime i heard that song again, i got scared as fuck immediately, even if there was no reason to.

It took a pretty long time before that song didnt trigger fear in me. Those kids all turned into little white eminem wannabes in high school, trying to be down with black people and rap. One overdosed when he was like 19. I won. LOL

So yeah, that happened to me when i was like 10-11, and that was just words. Imagine getting chased by cops yelling at you with their guns out, and thinking your about to die.

 

[northside7]

Jesus fucking christ. Stormtroopers thinking a 10 year old kid is a grown ass man..what can be said

But 32 year old Ryan lochte is still a kid smdh.

A bunch of fucking savages they are.

 

[dee.i.pee]

A Newark, N.J., 10-year-old was left in tears after he was chased down an alley by officers who had their guns drawn after they allegedly mistook him for a suspect in an armed robbery, WABC reports.

“Some police started coming this way with guns pointed at me, and then I ran into the backyard,” Legend Preston, a shy fifth-grader who loves math, told the news station.

According to the report, Legend was playing basketball shortly before the incident when the ball rolled into the street. The 10-year-old dashed after the ball only to find himself being chased by the officers. Legend told the news station that he thought the cops were chasing him because he ran into the street without looking.

“I ran because they thought that I rolled the ball into the street on purpose, and they were just holding shotguns at me trying to shoot me,” he said.

Newark police acknowledged that officers had their guns drawn, but denied they pointed them at Legend while in the alley.

Witnesses at the scene intervened, according to the report, telling the cops that their “suspect” was only a child.

“‘Why are y’all chasing him? Y’all got guns out here drawn, y’all chasing him, he’s only a kid.’ I’m like, ‘That’s messed up,’” one witness, Jackie Kelly, said.

Legend’s mom, Patisha Preston, was in the house when the incident unfolded, and is all too aware that her son’s interaction with police could have ended differently. Patisha Preston uploaded a video to her Facebook page showing the distraught 10-year-old in tears after the terrifying encounter, which occurred earlier this month.

“My son is in counselling [sic] even scared to go play because it happened right at our house.. You despicable cops have no care for our childten [sic].. My fun loving child is forever changed!!!,” she wrote, in part, under the video.

“They did have the guns pointed directly at him as they assumed he fits the description,” Preston told the news station.

Police eventually caught up with the real suspect, 20-year-old Casey Joseph Robinson, after the incident. Robinson was charged with armed robbery.

According to WABC, police say that internal affairs is investigating Legend’s case.

Let the pigs tell it,theyll say the little kid was Shaq size.

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

A Newark, N.J., 10-year-old was left in tears after he was chased down an alley by officers who had their guns drawn after they allegedly mistook him for a suspect in an armed robbery, WABC reports.

“Some police started coming this way with guns pointed at me, and then I ran into the backyard,” Legend Preston, a shy fifth-grader who loves math, told the news station.

According to the report, Legend was playing basketball shortly before the incident when the ball rolled into the street. The 10-year-old dashed after the ball only to find himself being chased by the officers. Legend told the news station that he thought the cops were chasing him because he ran into the street without looking.

“I ran because they thought that I rolled the ball into the street on purpose, and they were just holding shotguns at me trying to shoot me,” he said.

Newark police acknowledged that officers had their guns drawn, but denied they pointed them at Legend while in the alley.

Witnesses at the scene intervened, according to the report, telling the cops that their “suspect” was only a child.

“‘Why are y’all chasing him? Y’all got guns out here drawn, y’all chasing him, he’s only a kid.’ I’m like, ‘That’s messed up,’” one witness, Jackie Kelly, said.

Legend’s mom, Patisha Preston, was in the house when the incident unfolded, and is all too aware that her son’s interaction with police could have ended differently. Patisha Preston uploaded a video to her Facebook page showing the distraught 10-year-old in tears after the terrifying encounter, which occurred earlier this month.

“My son is in counselling [sic] even scared to go play because it happened right at our house.. You despicable cops have no care for our childten [sic].. My fun loving child is forever changed!!!,” she wrote, in part, under the video.

“They did have the guns pointed directly at him as they assumed he fits the description,” Preston told the news station.

Police eventually caught up with the real suspect, 20-year-old Casey Joseph Robinson, after the incident. Robinson was charged with armed robbery.

According to WABC, police say that internal affairs is investigating Legend’s case.

Let the pigs tell it,theyll say the little kid was Shaq size.

That's what I was thinking. These cacs already got it in their heads that we're all superhuman Hulk-type people when they're after us... Not that I believe that bullshit for a second. Anyway, obligatory "fuck the police"

 

[white sympathizer]

Thats a big ass 10 year ago old

 

[iron man1]

10 years old and almost filled up with lead wow. There's no reason these monsters should be rolling deep with their guns drawn out in the open like that smfh. Didn't even find whoever they were looking for but get the first black person they saw and chased him savages.

 

[1CK1S]

It's f&cked up that we have to now take videos of what happened at the scene just for people to believe us and if that is the case, nothing's gonna happen to any of the officers involved.

 

[brown321]

Worst day ever shirt? I guess they are trying to lighten up the story.

 

[mrrealone]

Glad this ain't another RIP thread. They would've found a way to blame that boy. He chased the ball, but reached for something....