(CNN) — A police department in Georgia says it is investigating the circumstances that led an officer to forcefully restrain a young boy.
Video of the encounter spread through social media, drawing allegations of excessive force. On Monday, as furor grew over the video, Athens-Clarke County Police released the officer’s body camera footage and a statement regarding the incident.
Chief R. Scott Freeman has ordered an internal affairs investigation, the statement said, and the Athens-Clarke County attorney is reviewing the incident because a juvenile is involved.
The woman who posted the original video on Facebook did not return CNN’s emails or Facebook messages attempting to reach her. Her video prompted allegations of racial bias because the officer is white and the boy is black. But the body camera footage offers additional context: the raw emotional reaction of a child witnessing a parent’s arrest and the officer’s split-second response.
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