'What made my son scary?' Family reacts to body cam video showing boy's handcuffing

On Monday, the parents of 14-year-old Malcolm Ziglar expressed their concerns about newly-released body camera video showing a police officer handcuff their son.

"This is not OK," Ty Ziglar, the teen's mother, said.

An officer with the Fuquay-Varina Police Department handcuffed her son outside of his home and put him inside a police car on Jan. 30 after someone reported he was selling a stolen dirt bike.

Officers later cleared him of suspicion after learning the Ziglar family bought the bike not knowing it was stolen.

"If you are going to have two teenagers at the scene, then treat them the same," Ty Ziglar said, pointing out that a white friend of her son's was not cuffed.

Ty Ziglar pointed out that the video shows her son asking over and over if he could call his dad, who was inside the house, and show the officers a receipt to prove they bought the bike.

"He tried multiple times ... but y'all didn't hear him," she said. "You continued to keep him in the back of a police car. He was searched ... he had to open his mouth. What could he have been hiding in his mouth?"

According to Ty Ziglar, the Fuquay-Varina Police Department said they detained her son for safety reasons.

"Tell me what made my son scary to you," she asked. "Why was it a safety issue?"

Shortly after the incident, Malcolm Ziglar said he was both confused and embarrassed when it appeared he was being arrested.

His father, Sharn Ziglar, said, "Clearly, this officer was not ready for the situation that he was in', and we as citizens do not sign off on him to come to our houses to protect us.”

Fuquay-Varina police posted a statement on Facebook detailing the release of the footage.

"The purpose of sharing this video is to clearly show the community what actions were taken by the Fuquay-Varina Police Department during the investigation of the circumstances involving the stolen dirt bike," the department said.

Fuquay-Varina Mayor John Byrne also released a statement on social media. Byrne said the officers involved "addressed the situation professionally and within policy and legal parameters" and asked that the town citizens move forward.

"It is not an uncommon procedure for an officer to detain a suspect while gathering information related to a complaint where probable cause exists," Byrne said. "In no way did the officer detain Mr. Ziglar because of race."

Ty Ziglar said the mayor's comment shows he is "out of touch" with the citizens of Fuquay-Varina and primarily trying to appeal to the police department and the residents who voted for him.

"As for moving on, mayor, we do not just move on because you say so. We don’t move on because there is no change. We move on, mayor, when there is truth," Ziglar said.

Dawn Blagrove of Emancipate NC is working with the Ziglars to outline the type of change they want to see. She suggested that the police department release policies and standards for interacting with juveniles and that the town begin a series of what she called "transformative conversations."