On the video it says “parents begged the police not to arrest their sons”
Here is where we see the breakdown of Society, especially with the LBJ Great Society tearing apart Black Families.
Back in my day, had I been involved with something like this, my Father would have taken me to the Police Station and turned me in. The embarrassment would have rippled through my Family and the shame it would have brought upon me would have been Life changing.
Today, the kids will whine and their “Parents” (if they actually have two Parents) will whine right along with them while playing the Victim Card and / or the Race Card because it fits their agenda and Society's expectations.
"Gosh, Mom and Dad, the police must have profiled me!"
Parents as a plural noun, in this instance, probably does not mean "pairs" of parents, but many single parental units.
And also probably means, capable of being a parent, but not performing the duties of said appellation.