Black Teen Who Said Cop Threatened Him For Filming Mom's Arrest Gets $185K

Black Teen Who Said Cop Threatened Him For Filming Mom's Arrest Gets $185K

Photo: Getty Images A Black teenager has been awarded $185,000 after he accused a Louisiana deputy of interfering and threatening him for recording his mother’s violent arrest, ABC News reports. De’Shaun Johnson, then 14, was at home with his mother, Teliah Perkins, when St. Tammany Parish deputies alleged she rode a motorcycle without a helmet. … Continued

Jury awards $185K to teen who accused deputy of threatening him while filming mom’s arrest - Face2Face Africa

A New Orleans federal jury awarded $185,000 to a teenager who accused a sheriff’s deputy of threatening him while he filmed his mother’s forceful arrest in 2020. Per The Associated Press, Deputy Ryan Moring and his colleagues had gone to De’Shaun Johnson’s family home in St. Tammany Parish when the incident occurred. Johnson was 14 at the time, and his mother Teliah Perkins’ arrest stemmed from allegations that she did not wear a helmet while ri…