The officer's actions drew criticism after a mother said the white police officer pulled his gun on her son, DJ, who is black, while he was playing on his grandmother's front lawn.
About 100 protesters gathered outside a police agency in northern Utah to demand an officer who pulled his gun on a 10-year-old child last week be fired.
Black Lives Matter in Utah founder Lex Scott said her group was inspired to organize the protest after learning the officer would stay on the job.Woods Cross Police Chief Chad Soffe said last Monday that officials don't intend to fire the unidentified officer. He said the officer used good judgment and mistook the boy for a potential suspect during a pursuit of armed suspects.
Soffe said the officer was part of a group chasing suspects after authorities received reports of a shooting and were told the suspects were black, Hispanic or Polynesian, he said. Protesters called for more police officer accountability and better training for how to deescalate situations and identify bias.
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