Lawsuit alleges Waukegan police broke young teen's nose

[Garion_55]

Source: ABC

December 16, 2013 (WAUKEGAN, Ill.) (WLS) -- Jonathan Garcia, 13, says he was left battered and bleeding following a three-hour interrogation.


On Monday night, the 13-year-old appeared at the Waukegan city council meeting.

According to the lawsuit, it happened November 25 as Garcia and a 14-year-old friend were questioned by two detectives about a broken window at a home.

The eighth-grader says when he refused to sign confession paper, he was hit with a cell phone.



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sadly if true this doesnt surprise me. not anymore. not after watching police videos the last few years.

[mitty14u2]

1. I bet he just fell down and hit his nose,

His troubles are just starting, he should just move, he will be on a No He didnt, Hit list

[sakabatou]

2. Please tell me that was sarcasm

[mitty14u2]

4. Well, Sort of, the police are not going to take kindly to this, his retribution can be a lot worse.

Cops usually don't whack people with phones without pissing them off pretty bad, more to the story that meets the eye, or just a cop having a real bad day.

[rhett o rick]

6. What makes you think that you know what cops usually do? I wouldnt be surprised that

the kid pissed them off if he refused to sign a confession. No child (under 18) should be "questioned" by police without a parent with them. This is assault and the cop should go to jail.

[mitty14u2]

7. Showing a Picture of a Minor is not very smart.

[lunasun]

10. just a cop having a real bad day........????????????????

[wndycty]

3. North Chicago Police, right next to Waukegan, are much worse

The North Chicago Police are always in the news for stuff like this.

[DeSwiss]

5. K&R

[DallasNE]

8. I Don't Think It Is All Improper Training

I think police recruitment is a big part of it meaning the wrong people are getting hired. You can just look at the body language of police officers and see that command and control is the only thing that matters, even where no threat exists. Slap the cuffs on and make sure they are so tight that they hurt.

[JoeyT]

9. I like to ask people that claim "improper training"

what kind of training they needed to know that you don't beat the dogshit out of a defenseless person for the pure hell of it, and if none, then what kind of rotten bastards do they think need that training. If they've got to train people not to do that, the problem goes far faaar deeper than training. It's a hiring and culture issue.