MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A mother is accusing a Mobile Police Department officer of using excessive force during the arrest of her teenage son.
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A video capturing what appears to show the officer striking the teen in the back of the head. This, while the teen is face down in the street with his hands cuffed behind his back.
17-year-old Jaiden Peterson and his mother said it got way out of hand. The mother wants justice for what she said happened to her son.
The officer struck Peterson in the back of the head during an arrest on Dauphin Street near Joachim at 2 a.m. Friday morning…