Black women and girls ordered to ground, handcuffed in mistaken stolen-car stop
Brittney Gilliam was on a girls' trip with her nieces, sister and daughter to get their nails done Sunday morning when suddenly, in a parking lot, they were surrounded by police.
Aurora police said in a statement to NBC News that officers conducted a"traffic stop" of Gilliam’s car on the belief it was stolen because it shared the plate number of a stolen motorcycle. In the video, one of the girls can be heard crying, “I want my mother,” as her hands are restrained behind her. But Gilliam told KUSA that the car was recovered a day after it had been reported stolen and that there is no reason why the girls needed to be handcuffed and forced to the ground.
"In a high-risk stop, weapons are drawn, and occupants are told to exit the car and lie prone on the ground," the statement said. But police acknowledged there is no written policy on such stops and"officers can use discretion based on the information they have at the time." Lane said the experience was deeply traumatic for the family, and criticized the Aurora police, which he said have a"culture of violence."
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