From [HERE] The Baton Rouge Police Department claims to be conducting an internal investigation after video posted on social media appeared to show a white officer kneeling on the neck of a Black teenage suspect, who they arrested, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome said.

Similar restraint tactics have been condemned since the recent death of George Floyd — who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for about eight minutes while the dying man pleaded for air. Broome did not mention Floyd's death in her statement Sunday night, but she was commenting on a Facebook post from local activist Gary Chambers Jr., who posted the video to social media with the following message: "A cop doing this after George Floyd knows exactly what they are doing."

Baton Rouge police have not released additional details about the incident, including why the young man was being detained and the outcome of his interaction with officers. Authorities declined to release his name because he's a juvenile.

Broome said only that he's 17 and was taken into custody and later released to his mother. His parents released his identity - his name is Dillion Cannon, age 17 and niggerized by race soldiers.

She said the department will ask the courts for permission to release the body camera footage, which is otherwise shielded from public view because of the suspect's juvenile status. It's unclear how long that process will take.

"We are prepared to ensure transparency and the release of that footage for public consumption," Broome said. "I ask that the community allow us to take the proper steps necessary to investigate and swiftly determine the outcome."

Broome expanded on those comments during an unrelated press conference late Monday morning, saying the video on social media "certainly causes concern" but suggested that viewing a more complete account of what happened would be essential to determining whether the officer should be disciplined. 

"As I understand it, there is lengthy video of the entire incident. I have not seen that," she said. "It's important to see the entire video. Then we can assess what happened and where we're going from there."

Chambers called for the officer in the video to be fired immediately.

The juvenile is lying face down in the street while the officer restrains him and appears to place him in handcuffs. The video also clearly shows the teenager getting up from the ground after the officer releases him, and walking away escorted by two Baton Rouge cops.

As in the George Floyd case, the officer appears to be White and the suspect is Black. Several other Baton Rouge police officers are on scene assisting.