‘The White Woman Jumped on Her!’: Outraged Bystanders Intervene After Baltimore Cops Handcuff and Question 13-Year-Old Black Girl for Fight with White Woman Who They Say Was the Aggressor  

A TikTok video showing a 13-year-old Baltimore girl in handcuffs following a purported altercation with an older woman has elicited outrage from witnesses and viewers alike. They wondered: Why was the 13-year-old Black girl handcuffed while the white woman she allegedly fought with was not? “Are you serious?” one woman at the scene yelled to police. The video, shared nearly 1,400 times, was posted on Oct. 13. A viral video shows Baltimore police officers handcuffing a 13-year-old girl. (Photo: TikTok/@congolarry78) About 10 Baltimore officers were present somewhere on the city’s waterfront. The girl is seen being questioned by several officers, arms behind her back, hands in cuffs, while, not more than 20 yards away, the older woman, unrestrained, can be seen talking casually with a cop amid catcalls from onlookers. “She broke my thing,” the woman says to witnesses, angered by the disparity in treatment. She holds up a wallet with credit cards falling out, but it’s not clear what the girl broke. The teen girl remains calm as she talks to police. One person in the crowd gets her attention, telling her not to talk to the officers until her mother arrives. The girl continues to talk calmly with...