Walking Down the Street With Your Child/Grandchild Could Get You Detained by the Police

Scott Henson says police in Austin, Texas, cuffed him and detained him because he was walking with his black granddaughter Ty.

A crime and politics blogger living in Austin, Texas, claims he was cuffed and detained by police for simply walking home with his five-year-old granddaughter.

The reason this happened, he says, is because he is white and she is black.

Scott Henson, a political consultant who blogs about the criminal justice system at Grits For Breakfast said he was walking home from a roller skating rink with his 5-year-old granddaughter Ty last Friday night when he was stopped by a female deputy.

The officer told him that there were reports of a white man kidnapping a black girl and he was ordered to step away from Ty as the officer questioned the girl, the New York Daily News reported.

“He’s my Grandpa!” was Ty’s response, according to Henson’s blog.

After a few minutes of questioning, Henson and Ty were allowed to walk home. They were just two blocks away when they were stopped by five flashing police cars and a crowd of police.

“The officers got out with tasers drawn demanding I raise my hands and step away from the child,” Henson said.

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