Boy, 8, and mother held at gunpoint by Sacramento police in mistaken identity

Brandon Stewart’s pregnant mother feared for his life when police pulled over their car on the way to football practice

Police officers in California pulled over a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old son at gunpoint while on the way to the boy’s football practice in a case of mistaken identity, according to the woman.

What Shanice Stewart initially thought would be a mundane traffic stop on 17 October in Sacramento soon became a terrifying experience, she told ABC News on Monday. Stewart and her son Brandon are African American.