TOLEDO, Ohio — The Black and Brown Unity Coalition issued a statement Thursday reacting to the arrest of a 15-year-old girl in north Toledo last week, an incident that garnered the attention of Toledo City Council members and community leadership alike.
In the statement, the coalition said it was deeply disturbed by what it called the forceful detainment of the teenager, whom police arrested while she and several others were walking down the street last Friday.
A police report shows officers stopped the teen and a group of her friends after observing them walking in the middle of the roadway on Austin Street. Police said the teen refused to provide officers with identification…