From The Baltimore Sun 6/26/12 and [HERE] The family of Christopher Brown -- the Randallstown teenager who died 2 weeeks ago after an altercation with an off-duty Baltimore County police officer -- is demanding the officer be charged.  "An arrest needs to be made," Brown's mother, Chris, told reporters Monday afternoon.

She said that even though her 17-year-old son was buried over the weekend, "nothing's been done." Brown, whose death has been ruled a homicide by the state medical examiner's office, was asphyxiated during an altercation with Officer James D. Laboard on June 13, police said. No charges have been filed. Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger said in a statement that his office is investigating the death and warned that such investigations can take time.

Brown had been with a group of teens when one threw a rock at Laboard's house, police said. The officer ran outside after them and caught up with Brown after chasing him for several blocks. Brown was hiding in bushes outside a home on Starbrook Road. Brown wore a knee brace. When Brown did not come out, Laboard grabbed him, and the two got into a physical confrontation, police said. The officer then struggled with the teen after pulling him from the bushes and Brown eventually fell unconscious. The officer has been placed on administrative leave. 

“I think he should have been arrested immediately. If it was a civilian, if it was you or I, we would have gone to jail that night,” said the Rev. Dr. Paris Evans, of the National Action Network.