‘Wrong place, wrong time’: Michigan cops apologize for detaining Black child

A white police officer investigating car thefts handcuffed a 12-year-old boy who was taking out the trash from his home in Lansing

The police department of Lansing, Michigan, has apologized after a white police officer handcuffed a Black child outside his home in what the agency called an unfortunate case of wrong place, wrong time'".

The department posted the apology on Facebook after cellphone video circulated on social media showing the officer leading the boy - whose hands were cuffed behind his back - through the parking lot of an apartment complex on Thursday. The officer had been searching for a suspect in a string of car thefts when he spotted the child.