A violent criminal?
That sounds kind of hyperbolic and tacitly racist.
A violent criminal?
That sounds kind of hyperbolic and tacitly racist.
Childs-Young was charged on December 2 with
assaulting a Minneapolis police officer and illegal possession of a firearm during a traffic stop on November 30.
According to an arrest warrant, the then-17-year-old was traveling with two other passengers, both female - one of whom was also a juvenile - and two small children in his vehicle when he was pulled over.
The warrant states that cops soon became suspicious of the teen, who gave a deputy a fake name after asserting that he had forgotten his driver's license after they smelled marijuana emitting from the vehicle.
Upon searching the automobile, however, cops made a much more unnerving discovery - a loaded handgun hidden under the passenger's seat.
'All parties were removed from the vehicle and the deputy then observed a firearm (loaded Glock .40 caliber with an extended magazine) on the floorboard behind the front passenger seat,' the criminal complaint reads.
Police say one of the female passengers initially claimed that the gun belonged to her, prompting the officer to prepare to transport her to jail for a weapons offense.
At that point, the warrant reveals, Childs-Young told the officer that the gun belonged to him, leading the officer to try to cuff him. But the teen did not go quietly.
Already boasting 'a lengthy juvenile delinquency history involving assault and weapons offenses,' as the complaint puts it, Childs-Young was prohibited by the Minnesota court system from possessing firearms - spurring the 17-year-old to fight back.
The complaint chronicled the ensuing struggle.
'[Childs-Young] attempted to escape from custody by throwing his body out of the squad [car] forcefully,' the warrant reads.
The complaint goes on to state that Childs-Young 'kicked at the deputy, striking him in the midsection'
and at one point, yelled to the previously suspected passenger to 'Get him!' and 'disarm the officer.'
During this struggle, [Childs-Young] grabbed the deputy’s genital area and squeezed multiple times,' the warrant further revealed. 'The deputy continued to struggle to control [Childs-Young] until he was able to call for emergency assistance.'
The complaint adds that Childs-Young was convicted of an unspecified assault charge as a teen in August 2020 as well as possession of a firearm, and was subsequently 'prohibited from possessing firearms.'
It also asserted that the teen boasted a lengthy rap sheet at the time of his arrest, rife with assault and weapons offenses.