Police stop brawl by letting white youth sit on sofa as Black teen is handcuffed

New Jersey governor says racially disparate treatment is deeply disturbing' after officers kneel on Black youth's back as white counterpart looks on

New Jersey's governor, Phil Murphy, said he was deeply disturbed" by video of a shopping mall brawl that ended with a Black teenager pinned to the ground in handcuffs with a police officer's knee on his back, while officers let the white youth he had been trading punches with watch from a sofa.

The appearance of what is racially disparate treatment is deeply, deeply disturbing, and another reminder that progress we've made on relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve ... shows that our work is not done," Murphy said after viewing the video of the weekend altercation at the mall in Bridgewater township.