Chicago student handcuffed during school walkout

[DonViejo]

BY BRETT SAMUELS - 03/14/18 04:21 PM EDT

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A Chicago high school student was seen handcuffed and led away by police on Wednesday after she participated in the nationwide protests against gun violence.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that police handcuffed and detained a 16-year-old girl, accusing her of reckless conduct. The girl is a junior at Kenwood Academy, where hundreds of students took part in a national school walkout day to protest gun violence and school shootings.

Police said they took the girl into custody for reckless conduct after she walked out onto Lake Shore Drive and disrupted traffic — not specifically because of her participation in the walkout.

Police later released the girl and said they would not be filing charges.

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[A HERETIC I AM]

1. Watch out! We're going to protect and serve the shit out of you!

[Egnever]

2. Going to have to go with the police here

If she was running out into traffic. If they were just arresting students who protested there would be a lot more. If she had been hit I am sure there would be outrage the police just stood by and let her play in traffic.

I am certainly open to another explanation of why she would have been singled out, but barring other similar arrests I am going to lean towards the police explanation of events.

Lake shore drive is not a street to be screwing around on.

[lillypaddle]

3. Fucking pigs

For every one cop saving a puppy or kitty, there are 100s more fucking with our civil liberties, particularly if you have skin of color. Assholes ought to be sued. They turned a day that should have been filled with joyful activism and turned it to shit for these young people.

[Egnever]

5. Gotta disagree

Baring many other arrests I don't think cops should let kids screw around on Lakeshore blvd.

I also guarantee she was not the only black kid there.

[Motley13]

4. How could I guess that she is black??????