Syracuse Police Detain 8 Year Old Boy For Stealing A Bag Of Doritos Chips – Video

Syracuse Police Under Fire For Placing 8-Year-Old Boy At The Back Of Patrol Car For Stealing Food

Syracuse police are under fire after a viral video captured three white police officers detaining an 8-year-old boy for allegedly stealing a bag of Doritos.

“He got snatched off that bike. The bike hit the ground, and chips went everywhere,” said Kenneth Johnson, a bystander who recorded the video. “It was just beyond me that they treated this baby like this.”

“What is y’all doing?” the bystander asks an officer holding the little boy by the arms. “Guess. Take a guess what I’m doing,” the cop replies, but Jackson continues to question them. “He looks like a baby to me. I don’t know what you’re doing. So what’s going on, then?” Jackson says.

 

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Another officer tells him the boy “was stealing stuff.” “If he stole some chips, I’ll pay for them! I’ll pay for them! Leave him alone! He’s a kid!” he shouts.

According to the NYPost, the boy’s father, Anthony Weah, told him that the police showed up at his door and said to him that three boys were stealing. “Why would the police treat that child like that? Over a $3 bag of chips,” Weah told the news outlet, adding that he wants to file a complaint against the police.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Wash responded to the video, “The officer knew the child from prior interactions and explained to him that he was being taken home,” Walsh said, according to the outlet.

“The officers returned the child to his family and discussed the incident with his father before leaving without filing any charges,” he said.