BRIDGEWATER, NJ (CBS New York) – There are calls for justice after a controversial brawl at a New Jersey mall.

The protesters, who say skin color played a role in how the two teenagers involved were treated, filed a complaint with police on Saturday.

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A name echoed repeatedly in the square of Bridgewater police headquarters. The demonstrators chanted “We are Kye”.

The protesters were there to support Z’Kye Husain, an eighth grader who they say was racially profiled and brutalized by two police officers, video taken inside the Bridgewater Commons shopping center earlier this week shows. this month.

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The 14-year-old’s aunt, Enrie Simms, spoke of the filmed fight between the teenagers which ended with officers treating each boy differently.

The aunt told the crowd what led up to it.

“He was defending someone even smaller and younger than him, a seventh grader, against high school kids,” Simms said. “And he met not one but two knees in the back.”

The officers knelt down and handcuffed Z’Kye, but the other boy, named Joseph, was allowed to sit on a sofa, free to move.

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When questioned, Joseph said he had received much better treatment and was puzzled by it.

“I put my hands up like that and said you could hold me down, but she said no because you were calm,” he said.

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There are calls for the officers involved to be fired.

This is the result desired by Z’Kye.

“If they don’t know how to deal with the situation and handle the situation equally and fairly, then they shouldn’t be able to handle the situation at all,” Z’Kye told CBS2 on Tuesday.

“He’s so quiet and shy. To be pushed into the limelight like that, especially in the circumstances, is not ideal for him,” Simms said. “I’m not going to wait for my nephew’s death to defend him.”

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy responded to the matter with a statement saying watching the video had “deeply disturbed” him.

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The Somerset County Attorney’s Office is assisting Bridgewater with the investigation. On Saturday, representatives for both did not comment on a case where calls for attention and justice are growing louder.