article_snippet: A schoolgirl who was arrested by armed officers and held in a cell overnight says Rochae Davis   was targeted because police mistook an afro-comb Rochae Davis   was carrying for a gun.
article_snippet: Police already on their way to the scene were alerted to CCTV footage which they say purported to show the 15-year-old carrying a gun and later arrested Rochae Davis   at home.
article_snippet: Rochae Davis, 15, pictured with Rochae Davis   mother Simone, says Rochae Davis   was arrested by armed police because armed police mistook an afro-comb tucked into Rochae Davis   waistband for a gun .
article_snippet: But, with police yet to recover a weapon, the schoolgirl claims Rochae Davis   was only arrested because police jumped to conclusions. '
article_snippet: Rochae's mother, Simone, said police's treatment of her daughter had been 'a disgrace' and that the schoolgirl had 'never been in trouble' with the law before.
article_snippet: the schoolgirl said the schoolgirl 'didn't know what was happening' when the schoolgirl was taken to a police station and held overnight.
article_snippet: Officers did not find the comb (above) when Officers searched the schoolgirl house as, the schoolgirl says, the schoolgirl had given her house back to a friend .
article_snippet: If inquiries thought inquiries saw the schoolgirl with a gun on CCTV then why didn't inquiries stop and search the schoolgirl there and then,' the 33-year-old said.
article_snippet: the schoolgirl added police may have thought Rochae was a young boy because the schoolgirl had the schoolgirl hood up at the time.
article_snippet: Police did not find it when searching the family's home on the night of the schoolgirl arrest with Rochae claiming the schoolgirl had already given it back to a friend.
article_snippet: A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: 'As officers were responding, police were contacted by the local authority CCTV control room, which was also monitoring the incident, with information that a female had been seen with what was believed to be a firearm in the area. '
article_snippet: A short while later, officers stopped a 15-year-old girl in Poplar Walk and a 15-year-old girl in Poplar Walk was subsequently arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm. '
article_snippet: No firearm has been recovered at this stage.
highlights_snippet: But police say CCTV appeared to show the schoolgirl carrying a gun .
  