Hey, Bloomberg: Your police force is out of control. Cops Rough Up and Handcuff 15-Year-Old Girl

[cali]

Cops Rough Up and Handcuff 15-Year-Old Girl for Using Her Student MetroCard

By Caroline Bankoff

The NYPD is investigating an incident involving the roughing up and handcuffing of a 15-year-old girl for using a student MetroCard officers believed was not hers. (Spoiler: They were wrong.) On July 26, summer-schooler Alexis Sumpter was waiting for the A train at 125th Street when two plainclothes officers — who had apparently seen a turnstile light indicating a student card had been swiped — approached her and demanded to know her age.

When Sumpter could not produce an ID, the cops called her a liar and summoned a third officer, who "[pressed] her face against the wall while the two others cuffed her" while saying they "didn't owe an explanation" for the harsh treatment. They then called Sumpter's father, who vouched for her age, but the girl was only uncuffed and released when her mother brought a copy of her birth certificate to the station. There, officers finally explained their reasoning, which was that her daughter "looked like an adult." Take note, teens: There are some disadvantages to looking older than your age — especially when you live in a city with a very, very aggressive police force.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/cops-rough-up-teenager-for-student-metrocard-use.html

[Aerows]

1. Does the NYPD

Have nothing better than to have 3 - count them 3 - officers detaining a 15 year old girl over a Student MetroCard? How much is the fare? Is there NOTHING in New York going on that could have used the attention of 3 officers more than harassing a 15 year old for 90 minutes? What the hell. If these idiots don't have anything better to do than harassing a 15 year old girl over a bus pass, they obviously aren't very good cops. It sounds like they couldn't find a real crime if it was taking place right in front of them, because they obviously don't recognize someone obeying the law and minding their own business when they see it.

[indepat]

2. The fish rots from the head and that head must be pretty

rotten, eh?

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. Maybe the NYPD is overstaffed?

[Justice wanted]

4. All cops should have to take a Psych test EVERY 3 months. Egomanic and nut cases get fired.

There is no effin reason for this bull shit.