Police handcuss NAACP exec by mistake

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. law officers seeking a drug suspect handcuffed an executive board member of Oklahoma City's NAACP at gunpoint before realizing he was the wrong man.

Members of the Drug Enforcement Agency forced Sean Baker to the ground at an Oklahoma City gasoline station while his family watched, then released him about 6 p.m. Wednesday, the Daily Oklahoman reported.

"It was terrible," said Baker, a police and criminal justice investigator with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "My children are terrified. My children have never experienced anything like that in their life."

Agents were tracking a man wanted on drug complaints, and nearly arrested the suspect earlier but failed. After the incident with Baker, police arrested the man they were actually seeking.

Bob Surovec, assistant special agent in charge of the Oklahoma City DEA office, told KWTV NEWS 9 agents received a tip the wanted man was near the gasoline station.

"Regrettably it was not the subject we were looking for, and regrettably he was there with his wife and family," Surovec said. "We're sorry this incident happened."