An Arizona man was fired from his job after a viral video showed him being detained by police after he called for their help to report a child abduction.
Darnay Cockrell called 911 on Aug. 6 after the mother of his 4-year-old daughter allegedly took the child from his apartment in Mesa, Arizona. He said the woman showed up at his home and wouldn’t leave. Then, she took off with the child while he wasn’t looking.
However, when police arrived and encountered Cockrell, the situation escalated.
Video taken by a bystander that’s been widely circulated on social media shows the 52-year-old struggling with two officers in the parking lot of his apartment complex.
The officers are seen trying to force Cockrell to the…
