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“Why is my baby in cuffs? What are you all doing?” Police handcuffed minor Black boy who was heading to a basketball tournament, only to realize moments later they had made a huge mistake

A Black family faced an unwarranted encounter with police due to an error in entering the license plate details.

The police department clarified that the officers mistakenly registered the vehicle’s license plate as being from a different state than its actual origin. This oversight caused the system to incorrectly flag the vehicle as stolen.

On July 23, while en route to a basketball tournament, a family was mistakenly approached by police. Officers, when checking the car’s license plate, confused Arizona for the correct state, Arkansas, leading the system to believe the vehicle was stolen, as stated by the Frisco Police Department. Read the full story here ▶