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VIDEO: Black Teens Wrongly Accused Detained At Westlake Village Target
"I was thinking I was going to die that night," 17-year-old Malik Aaron said.
January 22, 2021
WESTLAKE VILLAGE (CBSLA) — Cell phone video of three Black teenagers — ages 16 and 17 — being detained by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies inside of a Westlake Village Target has gone viral and prompted an apology from the retail giant.
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The video shows deputies holding the teens’ arms behind their backs and pushing them up against a checkout counter.
“I was thinking I was going to die that night,” 17-year-old Malik Aaron said. “I already had that mindset that they were either going to kill me or one of my friends.”
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