‘Plain old racist’: teen in New Jersey mall fight condemns arrest of Black youth

Youth, 15, was shoved to couch but not restrained while 14-year-old was handcuffed in incident that went viral

A New Jersey teen who was involved in a mall fight that went viral has said police were wrong to treat him differently than the other youth in the altercation, who is Black.

I don't understand why they arrested him and not me," he said. I say, that was just plain old racist. I don't condone that at all."