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Body camera footage from a Texas police officer bringing a Black teen to the ground twisting his arm behind his back during an arrest. The family of the teen claim the 14-year-old was left with a dislocated shoulder. Jasper Miller III a freshman football player at Allen High School right outside of Dallas was among a group of teens who were kicked out of a movie theater on Oct. 26 after being accused of being disruptive.

“Two of the three of you were on the phone. This is not a request,” a manager told the group in a video obtained by NBC DFW 5. However, Jasper initially refused to leave according to Atlanta Black Star.

“I didn’t do nothing wrong,” Jasper said in the video.

Body camera footage showed a McKinney police officer encountering the teen outside.

“Find a ride or get to stepping,” the officer told Jasper.

Then when the teen didn’t leave and seemed frustrated the officer proceeded to tell him, “Take a deep breath. Get your temper under control.”

Police attempted twice to cite Jasper with criminal trespassing, but the video showed him running away.

“You need to walk over here, man, because I’m going to arrest you,” an officer was heard saying in the video. “You’re under arrest.”

Jasper was seen running away, but the officer’s caught up to him. “Move out the way or you’re going to be arrested too,” the officer told the other teens and ran toward Jasper. The footage cut off but another angle of the footage showed Jasper being taken to the ground and arrested.

One officer was seen on top of Jasper and another officer stretched the teen’s arm behind him. A witness to the incident yelled during the incident they’re “trying to break his arm.”

Cellphone video NBC DFW 5 obtained showed Jasper asking friends to call his dad. Jasper’s parents, attorney Kim Cole and activist Dominique Alexander later joined him at a press conference Oct. 30.

“Pardon my language, but I mean they continue to give a middle finger to their black citizens like, you know, we don’t care,” Cole said at the press conference.

McKinney Mayor George Fuller told the news station “it’s painful to watch someone with just complete disrespect” of police orders. “This kid had every opportunity to leave,” Fuller stated.

McKinney Police Department released a statement to ABC News.

“Our officers take any use of force seriously, especially those where minors are involved,” police said. “The officer’s body cameras captured the entire incident, which allowed for a complete investigation and review. There are some occasions when certain actions must be taken when people will not follow the instructions given by public safety officers. This was one of those occasions.”

Jasper’s mother, Lakeista Eaton, said at the press conference that the officer “abused his authority and took it too far.”

“My child, since Saturday, has been traumatized,” Eaton said. “He has waken up at night. He has told me that he has had flashbacks of how he was treated, how he was put in a cold cell and how he was talked to. For me to see you treat him like this — when I know my child and how respectful he is — it hurts,” the mother added. “And it hurts more for you to release a video to try to justify what you did to him.”

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