Police handcuff two 11-year-olds boys in a response to 911 call

 Juanita Ligon, says her boys - who are African American - were racially profiled during the incident on August 26 in Grand Rapids. Police body camera footage shows the brothers, Martrell and Martrez Coston, 11, and a 17-year-old male family friend, being cuffed. Grand Rapids police is investigating, but Chief David Rahinsky defended his officers' actions while responding to a report of juveniles with a handgun. Each boy was briefly handcuffed and searched. All of the boys were later released without being charged after no guns were found.



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