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APD released dash camera footage Tuesday of local blogger Scott Henson walking home with his 5-year-old granddaughter. Henson is white, and the child is black. Police say they received a 911 call from a woman who thought the girl was being kidnapped.

Henson wrote about the incident in his blog Grits for Breakfast, stating a half-dozen police suddenly appeared, detaining him and traumatizing his granddaughter.

Henson said in his blog that an officer pulled out a taser during the incident--a statement which he later corrected after seeing the dash cam footage. He said that instead, the officer only reached for his holster.

Police put Henson in handcuffs for about 15 minutes before they eventually let him and his granddaughter go.

Chief Art Acevedo said during a press conference Tuesday that Henson's blog post was unfair and officers performed their job correctly that night.

"What I saw is a police department that took the information that they knew, formed a reasonable suspicion and responded immediately, decisively,” Acevedo said. “And not in the best interest of Mr. Henson and his sensibilities, but in the best interest of a young child--of a child that as far as we knew, was at risk."

Henson would not comment to media on the incident, but his friend and fellow community activist, Debbie Russell, spoke to YNN on his behalf.

"That's their normal response. Handcuff first, ask questions later, pull the little girl aside, scare the bejeezus out of her instead of simply talking to him," Russell said.

Acevedo says a law enforcement officer did try to talk to Henson. The constable stopped him just after Henson and his granddaughter had left a nearby youth center, but Henson walked away without giving his name, saying, 'We're done.'"

"Had Mr. Henson simply cooperated, allowed this constable to do her job, the Austin Police Department would not have had to continue its call,” Acevedo said.

In his blog, Henson says this was the second time in three years that police had targeted him and his granddaughter because of their race. Acevedo maintains skin color had nothing to do with it.

Since the incident happened Feb. 10, Henson’s blog has gotten attention from media as far away as Spain.

Henson is known for his criticism of the criminal justice system.