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A viral video shows a woman with her nephew when a police officer detains him in a Georgia mall. The video has been circulating around social media showing a cop tightly gripping the arm of the Black child. The Cobb County Police Chief is standing by the officer in the video who caught on camera manhandling an aspiring 12-year-old rapper Corey Jackson who was trying to sell his music CDs at the mall.

Channel 2 Action News spoke to Chief Micheal Register about the incident and unnecessary roughness of the how the officer treated Jackson.

“Does he have a right to put his hands on that child?” reporter Tom Jones asked Register.

“He was within his rights,” Register said.

According to Register, Jackson was not allowed to sell his CDs at a local business. Register said the mall gave Jackson a criminal trespass warning and told him twice he couldn’t sell the CDs on private property. On Oct. 6 an off- duty officer/mall cop caught Jackson in the act. Then the boy allegedly

On Oct. 6, an off-duty officer/mall cop reported that after he caught Jackson in the act, the boy allegedly tried to bend the officer’s fingers back and punched him in the chest. Register said that part wasn’t captured on video.

Jackson aunt ended up getting in a physical altercation with the officer that resulted in the woman being arrested and charged with felony obstruction. Jackson was charged as well, but released into his father’s custody according to the news outlet.

Aunty goes off after Georgia cop detains her nephew at a mall. pic.twitter.com/eLm2evGPPd — 4ourPeople (@4ourPeople_) October 16, 2018

The aunt who was on the phone the child’s father, but the cop refuses to talk to him on the phone while still keeping his grip on the young boy. Then when it appears as if the officer is going to take the child to the ground, the aunt appears to grab the officer to stop this from happening.

“You’re about to go to jail,” the officer said. “You’re going to go to a youth detention center if you don’t stop.”

“You not finna handle him like that!” the woman said. “You not finna handle my nephew like that.”

Then another officer or security guard makes their way to the scene and grabs the boy while the officer radios for help.

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