A teenager is now facing charges after he was detained twice in 10 days by police. Now the community is trying to decide if the officer’s actions were justified.
The new Battle Creek Community Oversight Board met last Wednesday to discuss the viral body camera video.
Atlanta Black Star previously reported on 16-year-old Jeremiah Spearman. He was walking through the Washington Heights neighborhood to his aunt’s when officers stopped him.
This happened twice in 10 days, on June 4 and again on June 14. His mother told Atlanta Black Star that one of the officers was on the scene for both incidents…