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his mother ebony telling wcbs. >> maybe they could have broken up the fight and maybe set them aside and called their parents, no cuffs, no aggression, dealt with them like they were teenagers. >> reporter: asked what they want to see happen to the officers -- >> for them to be fired. >> i'm not happy about it and i do want those two cops to become unemployable. that's what i would like. >> reporter: the bridgewater police department says it knows the video of the incident has upset members of the community and is asking county prosecutors to conduct an internal affairs investigation. the summer set county officers union says it is investigating the fight and the police response to it. the police department says it has received additional videos from members of the community and both the department and the prosecutor's office are asking anyone who has a video of the incident to get in touch with them. >> thanks athena jones for the reporting. earlier ky's mother and the
this was a racially motivated murder, and they should be convicted of a hate crime. >> ben, thank you very much. and again, our thanks to ebony and kye. we appreciate you are joining us. best of luck. look, keep us updated. we want to know so the nfl is facing a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination, so what do they do? they lawyer up. and take this they're going big. they're hiring the first black female attorney general in u.s. history, loreta lynch. et t the e from the start. no expensive dealerships. no comommissions. no pressure. only buying a car on your time knowing the low price you see on our site is the low price you'll get. in fact, this is how our customers have saved literally hundreds of millions of dollars with us versus dealerships. at carvana, we don't just say we're going to save you money, we save you money. stuff. we love stuff.
i'm sure you have seen of two new jersey police officers responding to a mall fight between two teens. >> oh, no. it's because he's black. racially motivated. >> you can see there, the officers handcuffing the black teen while leaving the white teen sitting on the couch watching and you can hear the reaction from the other kids standing around. now the naacp calling for the officers to be removed from the force. cnn's athena jones is back with us with more because there is an update, at thena. the boy at the center of this spoke to cnn. >> he and his mother are upset about this, upsetting a lot of people because what they feel it shows about racial bias in policing. listen to what the boy, kai, and his mother, ebony, said this morning.
he, like, thought he was superior. >> ebony, teenagers get into fights sometimes. you know, it happens. it's not unheard of behavior. do you think there's any reason to have two fully grown adults holding your son down in the first place? what did you think of the treatment and the difference how they treated your son and the other teen? >> i think that it doesn't take two adults, it doesn't. i just -- i just -- i just can't understand it. i don't. i keep trying to wrap my mind around it and no possible scenario does it make sense to me. i hate to say this, but if it wasn't for race, then what is it? what made them tackle my son and not the other kid? what made them be so aggressive with my son and not the other kid? why is the other kid sitting
me and put her knee on my back too. >> it looked like the other teen threw you on the ground before the police arrived. they pulled him off you, put you in handcuffs. what was going through your head as this was happening? >> i felt like inferior, like i was less important. >> did you know what was happening to you vis-a-vis the other teenager? >> no. >> when you found out he had been sitting on the couch and you were in handcuffs, what did you think about that? >> i was, like, mad. i was angry. that they treated me differently. >> ebony, talk to me about the phone call you must have received and what it felt like to hear your son had been put in handcuffs. >> when he called me, he didn't
this is case number 131 on the calendar in the matter of taylor vs. gray. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. >> judge judy: mr. taylor, you were selling a rottweiler. >> that's correct. >> judge judy: rottweiler that was 18 months old. >> yes, ma'am. >> judge judy: a rottweiler for which you had no papers. >> correct. >> judge judy: who did you buy the dog from? >> i bought the dog from one of my wife's classmates. >> judge judy: and she had no papers for that dog because the one or both of the parents didn't have papers, were not registered with the american kennel club. >> that's correct. >> judge judy: okay, so you have actually no idea whether they're purebred rottweilers or not because there are no papers to prove that. >> correct. >> judge judy: good. so did you buy the dog as a puppy? >> yes. >> judge judy: why were you selling it? >> i was selling ebony because, um... >> judge judy: don't look over there. >> okay. >> judge judy: why were you selling -- you bought the dog as a puppy. >> yes. >> judge judy: by the way, how much did you or your wife pay for the dog? >> we paid $400 for ebony. >> judge judy: is that your only dog? >> yes. >> judge judy: now tell me why you were selling it. >> we were selling ebony because she had become disobedient
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