An incident in Phoenix, Arizona involving a stolen doll and arrest at gunpoint that was caught on video has the mayor apologizing to the family involved and vowing to take action.
An internal investigation has been launched into an arrest of an African-American couple on May 27 after Phoenix police responded to a report of a shoplifting incident at a Family Dollar store. An officer said he approached the vehicle that Dravon Ames, 22, his pregnant fiancée Iesha Harper, 24, and their two daughters London Drake, 1, and Island Drake, 4, were in just as they were exiting the parking lot, Phoenix New Times reports. When the vehicle failed to stop, officers followed it to an apartment complex where the situation escalated rapidly, resulting in the officers — fearing that Ames and Harper were potentially reaching for weapons — drawing their guns on the couple, yelling that they’re “gonna get f***ing shot,” forcefully arresting Ames, and at one point trying to take Harper’s 1-year-old daughter from her arms.
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