BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Community concern continues to grow in Battle Creek after a viral police body camera video showed a 16-year-old being detained while walking home.
It’s prompting larger conversations about race, police perception and trust between law enforcement and residents in one of the city’s historically Black neighborhoods.
The incident involving Jeremiah Spearman has drawn criticism from residents in the Washington Heights neighborhood after body camera footage released by the Battle Creek Police Department showed an officer stopping Spearman, who he said appeared suspicious…