A 15-year-old with no arms or legs was tackled and pinned by a cop in a 'horrific' video
Source: Washington Post
The shirtless 15-year-old screams as he lies facedown on the kitchen floor of his Tucson group home. He has no arms or legs, so he cant flee or fight back. But a cop at least twice his size is crouching over him and pinning him to the ground, using his body weight to restrain the quadruple amputee.
The eight-minute cellphone video has now prompted an internal affairs investigation at the Pima County Sheriffs Department, according to KOLD, which first published the footage on Thursday. But Pima County Public Defender Joel Feinman told The Washington Post that the disturbing incident likely wouldnt have come to light if it werent for another teenager at the group home, who filmed the confrontation and then had his head slammed into the wall by deputies.
These are kids who have already been traumatized in some way, said Feinman, whose office is representing both boys. If a parent reacted to their teenager acting up in the same way the deputy did, he added, they might be arrested for child abuse.
While most information about the teens is being withheld to protect their privacy, Feinman said that Immanuel, the 15-year-old quadruple amputee, is in state custody because he was abandoned by his parents. On the morning of September 26, an adult who works at the group home called police to report that Immanuel had knocked over a trash can and was yelling and screaming. Feinman isnt sure what got the teenager riled up, and, in his opinion, it doesnt matter.15-year-olds who have not been through what Immanuel went through act out all the time, he pointed out.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/15/pima-county-sheriffs-office-year-old-video-quadruple-amputee/
Slavery organized.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)pazzyanne
(6,543 posts)Lonestarblue
(9,958 posts)This revolting situation should never happen to anyone, much less a traumatized child. And why were police called in the first place to deal with a child who overturned a trashcan. Group homes need counselors, not militarized police!
jb5150
(1,177 posts)There are two kinds of cops the bad ones, and the ones that look the other way, there are no good cops.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)spike jones
(1,674 posts)and makes every encounter with one like a Greek tragedy
Wholeheartedly.
This person is a disgrace and deserves whats coming.
Peace and healing to the victims.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,164 posts)they'd quickly be "unemployed cops".
Or if they couldn't be fired, they'd be demoted, and ostracized by their peers until they quit on their own.
UpInArms
(51,280 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,248 posts)moreland01
(736 posts)I don't understand why they called the cops on the first place. The teen who filmed the incident is the only positive thing about this whole mess.
crim son
(27,464 posts)Stuart G
(38,414 posts)My guess is something awful and he used the F word. Cops don't like that, so they respond. You don't like the way they respond, well...........F U.....
...................Important idea:........................................
(I also believe that cops in large cities that see a whole lot of s**t, and know how to respond, would not do what this idiot did. It seems a fellow with no arms or legs is no threat, and yes, a New York City cop who has seen a whole lot of s**t, would know how to act)
BumRushDaShow
(128,464 posts)is to treat them like animals.... especially if they are black.
Pachamama
(16,884 posts)SunSeeker
(51,512 posts)Pachamama
(16,884 posts)Exactly
Iggo
(47,534 posts)That's who they are. That's what they do.
BigOleDummy
(2,261 posts)What the hell is wrong with police in Arizona? Is there a central academy these guys go to? Isn't this the same state that produced the police that drew their weapons on that mother holding her baby because the toddler "stole" a barbieish doll from a dollar store? What the hell Arizona?
Pachamama
(16,884 posts)This is so wrong and I pray that these sheriff deputies are removed and never allowed to be in law enforcement and prosecuted.
Horrible
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)Karadeniz
(22,470 posts)SunSeeker
(51,512 posts)Stuart G
(38,414 posts)Pima County Sheriff's Department is now known all over the world. Think about that one for awhile.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)in order to see so I could not see it. I am sure however it was bad. If you remember trump did make it OK to be mean to disabled people.
BumRushDaShow
(128,464 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)Very sickening. I was wondering if he was being disabled while black.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)So he's acting out. So what. He's 15 with no arms or legs. I would expect him to act out. I'd probably encourage it. What the hell else has he got?
Damn cowardly idiots.
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)He starts to walk back, but that is when the video ends. I think if he was hurt, it would have said that in a number of articles I read about this. Yes, I did read more than one on this topic, because it caught my interest. None said he was hurt, and I am sure if the cops hurt him, it would have said that.