A state senator is livid after her 16-year-old son, who is black, was detained by Milwaukee police and thrown in the back of a squad car while he was out helping to deliver holiday turkeys to families in need on Monday evening.

Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor is asserting that the officers violated the rights of her son Isaiah, when they detained him and placed him in the back of a cop car for absolutely no reason while delivering the turkey to someone in their neighborhood.

She posted about the incident on Facebook, explaining that her son was terrified.

How outrageous! I sent my son to deliver a turkey! Literally a HALF a block away to a constituent and he gets STOPPED… Posted by Lena C. Taylor on Monday, December 21, 2015

“It was just traumatic,” Taylor told the local Fox affiliate. “When you saw that it was a turkey, and he told you that he was going to this house, two houses away, what was the purpose of holding him any longer?”

Taylor and her son had just returned home after handing out holiday meals to 750 families in their community when her son wanted to go deliver one to a neighbor. Excited to go spread some holiday cheer, the boy ran out the door and bolted towards the person’s house.

About 50 bags left to bless others less fortunate! Posted by Lena C. Taylor on Monday, December 21, 2015

“He said, ‘Mom, I think they could really use a turkey.’ I said, ‘OK, take one over to them.’ So like a kid who doesn’t like to walk, he ran over to take them a turkey,” Taylor said.

As he was on his way, a police car reportedly pulled up, but he didn’t slow down because their lights weren’t on — and he had done nothing wrong and was on his way to go do a good deed.

Eventually, an officer called out to her son, and then proceeded to stop and frisk him.

“‘Hey, hey, hey! Stop!’ So my son stopped, and they proceed to get out and come talk to him and immediately start patting him down. They didn`t say anything,” Taylor said.

Following the incident, an officer called Taylor to explain that there have been “robberies in the area” and were conducting field interviews.

“I question whether my child, who fits more like the 10 to 12 (year old) range, fits the descriptions that were mentioned,” she told the station.

When Fox reached out to the department for comment, the department stood by their officers behind the thin blue line, naturally.

“The officers were conducting a targeted deployment to address robberies in the area,” said Sgt. Tim Gauerke, a Milwaukee Police spokesman. “MPD reached out to Sen. Taylor and discussed the circumstances surrounding the officers’ lawful field interview.”

The Milwaukee Police Department has refused to apologize for their officers actions, claiming that harassing this teenager was entirely lawful. If terrifying this remarkable kid is “lawful,” then perhaps it is time to change the laws. One cannot help but wonder if the situation would have went differently if it was a white child running over to his neighbors house.

Taylor plans to contact the Police and Fire Commission about the possible violation of Isaiah’s constitutional rights.

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