VIDEO: Black Teens Wrongly Accused Detained At Westlake Village Target

Agoura Hills CA

22 January, 2021

5:12 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles January 22, 2021 WESTLAKE VILLAGE (CBSLA) — Cell phone video of three Black teenagers — ages 16 and 17 — being detained by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies inside of a Westlake Village Target has gone viral and prompted an apology from the retail giant. The video shows deputies holding the teens' arms behind their backs and pushing them up against a checkout counter. "I was thinking I was going to die that night," 17-year-old Malik Aaron said. "I already had that mindset that they were either going to kill me or one of my friends." Read more at CBS Los Angeles