The video of the arrest was recorded on Saturday afternoon outside of St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Hospital.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CBS) — A controversial arrest leads to Black Lives Matter protests in Allentown. The arrest was caught on video and it appears as though the officer is kneeling on the man’s neck.
The video of the arrest was recorded on Saturday afternoon outside of St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Hospital.
“We’re done,” Black Lives Matter to Lehigh Valley leader Justan Parker said. “People think that it couldn’t happen here and it has been happening and it happened yesterday. So enough is enough.”
The video is only 24 seconds long, however, Parker says it’s reminiscent of the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis.
In it you see Allentown police holding the man down with his face in the pavement and then one of the officers places their knee on the man’s neck.
“My takeaway from the video is that Black and Brown lives don’t matter to APD or to the city,” Parker said.
