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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

I feel betrayed by police, says mother of Black teenage boy arrested at gunpoint over water pistol

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The mother of a Black 13-year-old who was rammed off his bike and held at gunpoint by officers after his water pistol was mistaken for a real gun says she feels betrayed by police, insisting the incident was sparked by racism.

The boy, referred to only as Child X, was knocked to the ground, handcuffed and arrested on suspicion of having a firearm after being confronted by marksmen with submachine guns while having a water fight with his younger sister.

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