New Castle County Police are reviewing the arrest of a teen in a marijuana investigation after video surfaced showing an officer repeatedly punching the boy in the head.

Cpl. Michel Eckerd, a spokesman for the department, said officers responded to East Bellamy Drive in the Carriage Run development near New Castle Friday night after receiving a drug-dealing complaint.

When the officers got there, they smelled marijuana on a 16-year-old boy who fit the description from the complaint. A struggle ensued as they attempted to apprehend him, Eckerd said.

The county police learned Saturday night that someone recorded the arrest and posted the video on social media, Eckerd said.

"It's an internal investigation right now," he said. "We always hold our officers to the highest standards of police conduct, and a complete review of this incident is underway."

After the 16-year-old was taken into custody, police found "numerous" bags of marijuana, a digital scale, prescription pills and over $1,000 in cash on the teen, Eckerd said.

The teen, identified by his family as Roger Darnell Brown, was charged with:

resisting arrest

manufacturing delivering or possessing with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance

two counts of misdemeanor offensive touching of a law enforcement officer

possession of a controlled substance

misdemeanor criminal mischief

possession of drug paraphernalia for marijuana

The Video

Coleen Palmer said her son, Jaiden, was the one who shot the video about 5 p.m. Friday night. She shared it with The News Journal on Sunday.

Palmer said her son had just gotten a new dirtbike and took it over to Roger's house to show it off.

Roger’s mother, Mary Fleming, said her son and Jaiden are normally outside after school, playing basketball and hanging out, but Friday evening Jaiden brought over his new dirtbike.

Roger was straddling the bike when police arrived and told him to get off it, Fleming said.

The bike did not have a kickstand, so her son stood up and was in the middle of walking the bike over to lean it against a tree when police tackled him to the ground, Fleming said.

The video begins with a New Castle County Police officer punching Roger in the face, while a second officer held the teen down. They tell him to "stop resisting."

The teen initially tries to wriggle away from the officers, then covers his head with his arms.

Officers tell the person recording the video, Jaiden, to stop and go back in the house. He refuses, telling police he's on private property.

The officers eventually handcuff the teen on the ground, the video shows.

By the time Fleming came home, her son had been taken away in an ambulance.

“It’s horrible. I’m so scared,” Fleming said. “My heart is broken, I just want to talk to my kid.”

She does not know the extent of her son's injuries and said she feels helpless. The family said Roger is currently being held at the Ferris School.

“Oh, it’s the worst feeling in the world,” she said, standing by the driveway where the incident took place. “It’s ridiculous, and I’m so upset.”

The family's attorney, Chris Johnson, wants the attorney general's office to investigate the behavior of the officers.

"We believe it was unreasonable and excessive force used to apprehend Roger," Johnson said.

Palmer said when they went to the police station afterward to pick up Jaiden's dirtbike and tried to show officers the arrest video. Then, on Saturday, two officers showed up at their house and asked for a copy of the footage.

"I emailed it to them," said Palmer, who then started thinking more seriously about making the video public.

"It just kept bothering me," she said. "So today I chose to share it."

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