ABC11  EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11:30 
STARS. 
>> A FAMILY IS RECOUNTING A 
TRAUMATIC INCIDENT. 
POLICE HANDCUFFED A 15-YEAR-OLD 
WHILE OTHER CHILDREN WERE 
WATCHING THE INCIDENT CAUGHT ON 
VIDEO BY A NEIGHBOR. 
IN THE MEANTIME, CG DAVIS 
RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING 
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE CURRENT 
CLIMATE DPD'S GOAL IS TO IMPROVE
RELATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
>> A VIDEO OF JAELYN HARRIS IN 
HANDCUFFS WITH POLICE STANDING 
AROUND HIM WITH WEAPONS. 
CHILDREN AND NEIGHBORS SAW THE 
INCIDENT AND WERE ANGRY AND 
UPSET. DURHAM POLICE SAY THE 15-
YEAR-OLD WAS WRONGLY DETAINED 
AND TONIGHT, THE CHIEF IS 
APOLOGIZING. 
THE DAMAGE MAY ALREADY BE DONE. 
>> IT IS SCARY. 
I SHOULD NOT KNOW WHAT 
HANDCUFFS ARE LIKE 
>> Reporter: THIS 15-YEAR-OLD IS
TRAUMATIZED AFTER BEING ACCOSTED
BY DURHAM POLICE OFFICERS 
RESPONDING TO A 911 CALL OF A 
SUSPICIOUS PERSON WITH A WEAPON.
THE UNARMED TEEN SAYS THE 
OFFICERS DREW THEIR GUNS 
FORCING HIM TO THE GROUND, 
CUFFING HIM OUTSIDE HIS HOME. 
JALEN WAS TERRIFIED. 
>> ONE WRONG MOVE AND I AM 
DYING. 
I'M JUST TRYING TO NOT DIE. 
>> Reporter: THE TAKEDOWN 
HAPPENED AT ROCHELLE MANOR IN 
EAST DURHAM. 
NINE-YEAR-OLD ZACHARIAH 
CORNELIUS AND A THIRD CHILD ON 
THE ARREST UNFOLD. 
>> I SLID UNDER THE THING AND 
THEN, MY FRIEND, HE WAS UNDER 
THE STAIRS. 
THEN THEY PUT HIM IN HANDCUFFS. 
WE WERE JUST RUNNING AROUND 
PLAYING TAG AND POLICES CAME 
OUT OF NOWHERE SAYING PUT YOUR 
HANDS UP. 
>> IT JUST WENT FROM THERE. 
JUST GUNS POINTED. 
THEY DIDN'T SAY SORRY, THEY 
JUST WALK AWAY. 
DISLIKE IT WAS ANOTHER DAY. 
TRUCK CJ DAVIS RELEASED A 
STATEMENT SAYING EARLIER THAT 
DAY, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO 
WEAPONS RELATED CALLS TO 
ROCHELLE MANOR. 
ON THIS CALL, OFFICERS BELIEVED 
THE TEEN WAS THE SUSPECT. 
DAVIS SAYS OFFICERS WITHDREW 
THEIR WEAPONS UPON LEARNING HE 
WAS THE WRONG PERSON. 
ON FRIDAY, THE BOY'S PARENTS 
AND THE COMMUNITY RALLIED 
AROUND HIM OUTSIDE CITY HALL 
DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
CHANGE. 
ZECHARIAH'S MOTHER SAID SHE 
FELT HELPLESS WATCHING THE 
REST. 
SHE AND HARRIS' MOTHER SAID A 
MEETING WITH OFFICERS DID NOT 
GO WELL. 
SPEAK OF THEIR ATTITUDE WAS SO 
NONCHALANT. 
IT DID NOT MATTER TO THEM. 
THEY DID NOT SEE THEIR KID ON 
THE FLOOR. 
JUST ANOTHER BLACK YOUNG BOY. 
BOYS, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 
TRAUMA THEY INFLICTED ON THOSE 
KIDS IN JUST THAT SECOND. 
THEY NEED TO FIX THAT AND THEY 
NEED TO DO IT QUICK. 
>> Reporter: CHIEF DAVIS SAYING 
A THOROUGH INTERNAL 
INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND 
I, AS CHIEF, HAVE EXPRESSED TO 
THE FAMILIES MY SINCERE REMORSE 
THAT THIS INCIDENT EVEN 
OCCURRED. 
>> WE WILL SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME 
IS. 
SHE HAS BEEN KIND OF WORKING 
WITH US TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. 
IT IS NOT A SETTLING FEELING TO 
KNOW THAT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT 
YOUR CHILD CAN BE TREATED LIKE 
THIS. 
>> Reporter: THE FAMILIES ARE 
DEMANDIN
