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No arrests were made, but the incident is under review and the students father said he plans to press charges against the officer for totally unnecessary handling of a 130-pound child. I believe that the officer in question should definitely go through some re-training or be reassessed in terms of how you handle conflicts like this, he told the station. The student said he was suspended and given two Saturday detentions.
marym625
(17,997 posts)And the adults do nothing but try and block it from being recorded.
I truly can't stand this shit any longer.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)CanonRay
(14,101 posts)every excessive force complaint needs to have a steroid test.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Steroid testing for cops.
I absolutely think a lot of them are using.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I completely agree. That was crazy
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)A teacher doing the same thing -- even one in a cursed union -- would have been fired and maybe arrested. Grabbing a child by the throat and slamming them into the ground is hardly the proper response to "won't calm down."
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)I figure this goes on every day in schools across the country. They might want to think about not choking kids so much. It sets a bad example.
olddots
(10,237 posts)sick ................
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)suffers from a combination of roid rage, testosterone poisoning and an IQ of about 46. Jebus.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)just add a white hoods to their uniforms? You cannot tell me this wasn't about putting a black kid "in his place".
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Who are we going to get to protect us from the people who are supposed to protect us?
Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Look at his face as he chokes this kid.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)KitSileya
(4,035 posts)In partner violence, choking or strangling is the most reliable indicator that the violent partner is likely to kill their victim. I cannot imagine that it is so different on the job - this incident should raise huge red flags with this officer's supervisor. But it won't, because as we know, cops can do whatever they want to black children with impunity.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Even when they're videotaped it's still not enough.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)the kkkop union will make sure he gets rehired, with back pay.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)And next year after he kills an unarmed black kid they'll claim that they didn't know he was unstable.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)And
And
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Vinca
(50,271 posts)An attorney could make mountains of money with lawsuits against cops like these idiots. That kid should - at the very least - be seeing a check that pays for college.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Fire his sorry ass.