Y'all Arresting This Child Over A Bag Of Chips!

Syracuse Police face heat for detaining Black boy.

Syracuse Police under fire for grabbing a 8-year old boy by the neck and detaining him for stealing a bag of chips from a store.

I get that shoplifting is a misdemeanor criminal act but really this is one of those moments where the store owner could have banned the thief given that he's under age.

Syracuse (NY) police officers detained an 8-YEAR-OLD for allegedly stealing a bag of Doritos! Rather than talking to him or handling this incident in a different way, officers chose to escalate this incident and detain an obviously terrified young boy! How traumatizing is this?! pic.twitter.com/Nx8iD7gcdY

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) April 20, 2022

I keep asking you, "Would you want this done to your child?"

White cops in Syracuse, New York are under fire for detaining the boy. He was crying and being dragged to the back of a police vehicle.

The video shared on social media went viral and it has the mayor, the police chief, the police union and governor all speaking out about this.

"What is y'all doing?" said the man recording the video. He was identified as Kenneth Jackson. "He looks like a baby to me."

The cop yelled, "He's stealing stuff."

"I'll pay for it," the man said. "Leave him alone."

The Syracuse Police Department said that the boy was accused of stealing from a store and he was taken home by the police. The boy was not placed in handcuffs and no charges were filed. It is likely he will be barred from ever entering the store for a foreseeable future.

The incident involving the child is under review.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that she was "saddened" by the video. She said that the police should build a better bond with the community it serves.

Syracuse mayor Ben Walsh said in a statement Tuesday that when he first saw the video, he was "concerned" but that no handcuffs were used and the child was taken home. He called for the city to better support kids and families and invest in "alternative response to police.

The boy's father Anthony Weah, told the junk food media that cops who dropped his son off and they were friendly --- but after seeing that video, he decided that he will file a complaint. He said that they were called out over a measly bag of Doritos. 

"Why would the police treat that child like that? Over a $3 bag of chips," Weah said. 

He thanked the man who filmed this video. He would have never knew this incident would have happened had that video never been shared.