Georgia Cop Holding Six Black Teens at Gunpoint Sparks Panicked Scene: "They're Kids!"

Clayton County Police Department released body cam footage of the officer involved, as well as surveillance footage from outside the store, and audio of the 911 call.

They also posted pictures of the BB gun they later retrieved from the scene.

The CCTV footage shows the teens playing and tossing the gun to each other around the parking lot.

The 911 audio recorded the store owner calmly reporting that the teens were "fighting" in the parking lot, and that one of them had a gun.

The body cam footage shows the officer arriving on the scene with gun drawn, screaming at the boys put their hands up.

Get your hands up or you're going to get hurt," he warns. "Now listen to me so you don't get hurt."

"Just relax, nobody's hurt, please I don't wanna hurt one of y'all"

When one of the teens instinctively drops his hands to his waistband, the officer roars at him.

"Don't move! Y'all gonna make me nervous. We chillin' right now."

It is here the crowd begins to form, and the officer reports as much on his radio, asking for backup. "don't worry about them," he tells the teens.

"I'm not checking by myself guys, it's one against five. I'm being safe."

When the other officers arrive, he frisks them but finds nothing, he asks them what happened in the store, and why the store owner thinks they have a gun.

The officer then asks them to walk back to the store, where he questions them further.

"There's five of y'all, there's one of me. I don't wanna die either y'all," he tells them.

"It got extra when everybody and your mother got involved. That's the problem with folks, they don't even know whats going on, but they fill in their two cents"

"I don't care if you're a kid or old lady or an old man - I'm not dying.

Eventually one of the boys admits playing with a BB gun outside, but had dumped it. The officers then retrieve it

"This is how people get hurt," the officer tells them, sounding relieved.

"This looks like a real gun! That's the problem. Y'all pull this out y'all gonna get shot, man."

He then tells the teens to call their parents to let them know what is going on.

Original story below 11:44AM 6/16/2020:

"Sir why have you got a gun out? They're kids!"

There were panicked scenes in Georgia on Monday as a police officer held six Black teens at gunpoint.

Videos posted on social media show fraught neighbors crying and begging the officer not to shoot the boys, who stood with their hands in the air.

Although the video does not show what led up to the tense standoff, captions accompanying the outraged posts claimed the friends were simply taking a well-used short cut to the local store.

The four-and-a-half minute clip shows a lone officer with his weapon drawn, pointed at the heads of the teenagers, who are reportedly aged between 13 and 15.

"Sir why have you got a gun out? They're kids!" one frantic woman can be heard pleading. "They're babies!"

"Please, don't shoot! Don't shoot sir!" another begs, but the officer never lowers his gun.

"Nobody's going to move," a man can be heard telling the officer, but he refuses to budge.

"Its okay y'all, we got you, it's all right," one of the women assures the boys, as they keep their cellphones trained on them too.

As the crowd demands the officer explain why he has his gun out if the teens aren't armed, he finally barks back "I'm not checking by myself guys, it's one against five. I'm being safe."

"I'm sick... I can't. This is too much," the woman recording concedes, finally breaking into tears.

Thankfully, nobody gets shot. A second officer arrives and they begin frisking the boys, finding nothing.

One of the friends can be heard explaining that they were taking a cut-through, after the officer asks them to explain why they were where they were.

The teens are then allowed to go on their way, as the officer speeds off in a squad car.

Following the community outrage over the incident, Clayton County Police Department vowed it would release body cam footage on Tuesday, as well as the 911 call it said led to the confrontation.

"What everyone is seeing is a small portion of the entire incident," it claimed on Facebook.

"Chief Kevin Roberts remains committed to being transparent and accountable to our community."

Community members are already petitioning for the officer to be fired.