Police chiefs have re-classified an incident when a woman allegedly hit a boy in the head with a paddle in Bristol as racially-motivated, and said they have 'complete empathy' with him and his family.
Senior officers have revealed they have met with Ty Forrest, the father of 12-year-old Antwon, who needed his forehead gluing back together after the incident last March. The family were initially told there would be no further action taken against a woman who had been arrested and de-arrested at the scene of an incident at the Conham River Park - which last week prompted fury from the family of the youngster.
Bristol Live first reported on the case last week and challenged police over the incident, which had been posted online by Antwon's aunt Antonia. A woman confronted a group of children on the river bank and accused them of throwing stones at her family who had been in boats on the water.
