London Police Allegedly Choked 13-Year-Old After Mistaking His Hair Pick For A Knife - Blavity

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London Police Allegedly Choked 13-Year-Old After Mistaking His Hair Pick For A Knife - Blavity

Police in London [https://blavity.com/search/London] are accused of strangling Black 13-year-old Benjamin Olajive as he got off

the school bus on Tuesday.

The officers, who were responding to a report of a person with a knife, confronted the teen after identifying his hair pick as a

knife, the Daily Mail

Source: Blavity News

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