A Black boy selling palmetto roses in front of a South Carolina Circle K was aggressively arrested by several cops Tuesday in an incident recorded by a bystander and posted on social media, where it has gone viral, resulting in one cop being placed on administrative leave.
The incident took place in North Charleston and was recorded by a Black woman who posted it on TikTok, showing one cop on top of the boy inside the store trying to handcuff him.
The store manager had called the cops, accusing the boy of damaging a case of water with the roses by puncturing a hole in a container and refusing to pay for it.
The woman recording said it was an accident and offered to pay for the damage, but the cops insisted on arresting the boy, who is 15, according to local media who spoke to a relative…