Black 10 Year Old Legend Preston Traumatized by Police

Legend Preston is very lucky he wasn’t holding a squirt gun. He may not be alive today. Black lives matter. This has to end! 

In Newark, New Jersey, a story has surfaced about police traumatizing a 10-year-old child by chasing him through the streets with guns drawn. Fifth-grader Legend Preston was standing outside his home on August 14, when police say they mistook him for a robbery suspect and began chasing him down an alley. Preston says he thought the police were running after him because he’d chased a ball into the street without looking. He says neighbors then surrounded him to protect him, yelling, "This is a child." This is 10-year-old Legend Preston.

Legend Preston: "Some police are coming from this way with guns pointing right at me, and then like I ran into the backyard. I ran because they thought that I walked the ball in the street on purpose, and they were just holding the shotguns at me like this, trying to shoot me."

When was the last time police chased a 10 year old white boy standing in his front yard? Never. That's what  I think.