On Our Watch: Perceived Threat

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A teenager walks out of a store as a looming blue shape raises his hand behind him.
Nicole Xu for NPR

Episode four of On Our Watch from NPR and KQED investigates the case of a plainclothes Stockton police officer who grabbed a Black 16-year-old, took him to the ground and punched him, knocking the teen's two front teeth onto a convenience store floor.

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Learn more about On Our Watch at KQED.org. This podcast is produced as part of the California Reporting Project, a coalition of news organizations in California.

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