If the cops wanted to protect their communities, they would have spent 15 minutes keeping an eye on the kids, see they're buying donuts, and go about their day.

If the cops wanted to protect their communities, they would have spent 15 minutes keeping an eye on the kids, see they're buying donuts, and go about their day. Instead they made their community less safe by creating even more doubt and distrust in police, in their community, and psychologically injuring the parents and children.