'Rangers' employed by local business group are accused of 'assaulting' boy trends now
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Two street 'rangers' working for a local business group have been accused of assaulting a black 15-year-old teenager in a Superdrug store.
The boy, whose mother Kirsty Buchanan is a former Number 10 aide, was forcibly detained by the two men on the floor of the shop in Chichester, West Sussex.
Footage released by Ms Buchanan on Twitter showed the two men holding the teenager on the ground while they handcuffed him before the arrival of police.
Sussex Police are now investigating and said a 15-year-old boy from Worthing and a 16-year-old boy from Chichester were arrested on suspicion of assault. Superdrug revealed female staff were assaulted and the store had to be shut due to damage.
The two men are 'rangers' for the Chichester Business Improvement District, which has said they work in partnership with the city council and act as 'the eyes and ears on the street and a reassuring presence for those in the front line of petty crime'.
This is the shocking moment two civilian security guards detain a 15-year-old black boy in a Sussex supermarket
Sussex Police said they arrested two boys aged 15 and 16 on suspicion of assault at the Chichester branch of Superdrug
Ms Buchanan claimed to the Daily Mirror that the rangers were aggressive towards her son and
