“My child and her friends have to walk to their after school program and knowing that the police are making idle threats to them is unsettling. I want to know who this officer is and I demand an apology and some form of reprimand to this officer.”

In a phone interview Friday, Calloway said she believed the comment was racist.

“These were all black and brown children,” she said. “As an adult, I know exactly what he meant by it. Most people just laughed it off because it happens all the time. That’s not the way I do things.”

She sent the video to the Richmond Police Department, which is investigating. Police have not released the officer’s name.

“We take these concerns very seriously,” a department spokeswoman said in an email. “The officer in the video is currently being investigated by our Internal Affairs Division. There are no further details at this time.”

In a statement, Mayor Levar Stoney called the officer’s behavior “unacceptable” but added that he trusts the department to “conduct a quick and thorough investigation and respond accordingly.”