From [HERE] A Chicago police officer who was caught on video placing his knee on the back of a 14-year-old boy after falsely accusing him of stealing a bicycle last month was charged Thursday with two felonies.

Michael Viterallo who was off-duty was charged with aggravated battery and official misconduct. He turned himself in earlier today.

But the family of the boy is wondering why he was not arrested the day of the incident.

The incident took place on July 1 in front of a Starbucks in Park Ridge, a Chicago suburb.

The boy, Josh Nieves, was trying to move the bike out the way because it had been left on the sidewalk blocking his path, according to his mother.

But when the boy placed his hands on the bicycle, the cop pounced on him, Nicole Nieves, the mother, posted on Facebook two days after the incident.

The video shows the boy’s friends telling the cop to get off, eventually pushing him off. The video then ends.

“He’s taking my son’s bike,” Viterallo told the other teens while planting his knee on the boy’s back.

“No, he’s not,” one of the teens responded.

Four Park Ridge police officers showed up responding to a call of a fight in progress. They took statements but made no arrests. The agency posted a press release on its Facebook page today explaining they needed to first conduct a proper “investigation.”

The boy’s parents accused the cop of profiling because the boy is of Puerto Rican descent.