"A BLACK family were arrested at gunpoint and handcuffed on the ground last week.
Footage showed the disturbing incident, which took place on Sunday, August 2, in Aurora, Colorado.
The family were heard screaming as they lay on the roasting concrete, with one person yelling "I want my mommy!" while another begged to be beside her sister.
Aurora police eventually allowed the family to roll over from laying on their stomachs to be seated.
But who are this family and why were they arrested?
Brittney Gilliam said she was the driver of the car.
She told KUSA that she had taken her daughter, nieces and little sister to get their nails done – kids who ranged in age from 6 to 17.
The family realized the salon was closed, and got back in their vehicle – only for it to be surrounded by cops who drew their guns, Gilliam claimed.
She said this wasn't the first time there was confusion over the vehicle: her car was reported stolen back in February before it was located the following day.
“There’s no excuse why you didn’t handle it a different type of way," Gilliam said. "You could have even told them, 'Step off to the side; let me ask your mom or your auntie a few questions so we can get this cleared up.'"
Her 14-year-old niece Teriana Thomas claimed that the cops "don’t care," asking "who am I going to call when my life is in danger?”
Why was their car pulled over?
Aurora police said that day, they had been notified that a vehicle with the licence plate number and description was possibly stolen.
Cops said they found a car matching the description and stopped the vehicle.
The people inside the car were ordered out onto the ground, and some were placed in handcuffs," the department said in a statement.
"Shortly after that, officers determined that the car was not stolen," it read. "There is a stolen vehicle with the same plate information, but from a different state.
"The confusion may have been due, in part, to the fact that the stopped car was reported stolen earlier this year."
The Aurora police claim the license plate of the family’s minivan matched the license plate of a motorcycle from Montana that had been reported as stolen"
THESE COPS COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MINIVAN AND A MOTORCYCLE, SO THEY HANDCUFFED A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD AND FORCED THEM TO LAY FACE DOWN ON HOT CONCRETE.
HOW OFTEN DOES THIS SHIT HAPPEN TO WHITE FAMILIES?
ALL LIVES MATTER? HAS ANYONE TOLD THE COPS?