Wake County Judge Approves Release of Body Camera Footage of Fuquay-Varina Teen s Detention
A Wake County judge will allow the release of body camera footage showing police handcuffing and detaining a Black Fuquay-Varina teenager after family members say he was falsely accused of stealing a dirt bike he d paid for.Â
On January 30, Malcolm Ziglar, 14, was in his front yard with a friend when two Fuquay-Varina cop cars pulled up. Within seconds, he was handcuffed and placed in the back of a cruiser despite pleas for officers to talk to his father who was inside the home. The teen claims he had a bill of sale for the $900 dirt bike, which he had repaired himself and listed on Facebook Marketplace.