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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 07:54 PM Jan 2015

Police Officer Caught On Surveillance Beating 13-Year-Old Girl With A Baton & Left Her Bloodied!



http://www.wbaltv.com/news/girls-injured-suspended-after-fight-with-school-officer/31004666

The 11 News I-Team has obtained video of a violent scuffle between a school police officer and three middle school girls, and it brings into question whether the officer's use of force was justified.

The girls had to be taken to a hospital, and their children were sent to alternative schools.

A gash in a forehead and blood on a shirt is not what any parent expects to happen to a child, especially at school.

Police Officer Caught On Surveillance Beating 13-Year-Old Girl With A Baton & Left Her Bloodied! (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 OP
We can't call, let alone think of 2naSalit Jan 2015 #1
well wingzeroday Jan 2015 #3
It's going to take more than that. n/t 2naSalit Jan 2015 #4
indeed wingzeroday Jan 2015 #7
I think it has more to do with Double Standards re: what's legal for whom? 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #12
what city? Liberal_in_LA Jan 2015 #2
Looks like Baltimore call letters in the vid. 2naSalit Jan 2015 #5
I update the OP with a link to the original report. Baltimore...nt Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #9
thx Liberal_in_LA Jan 2015 #10
Outrageous. I hope their lawyer can give them hell. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #6
Don't worry the cops will get off PumpkinAle Jan 2015 #8
Get off? Done. Apparently the victims are being punished and the cop was deemed TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #11
A black, female school police officer TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #13
Yes, it's also consistent with the school to prison pipeline. Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #14
Exactly - the pipeline is very efficient and designed by for-profit prison and education systems whereisjustice Jan 2015 #15

2naSalit

(81,583 posts)
1. We can't call, let alone think of
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 07:58 PM
Jan 2015

these bastards as "peace officers" anymore. They are the enemy of we the people it is way too painfully clear. And they seem to have no qualms about proving it every day.

When are we going to make it stop, people?

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
12. I think it has more to do with Double Standards re: what's legal for whom?
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 08:47 PM
Jan 2015

Cops commit cold blooded murder every fucking day, and get a PAID VACATION for their trouble,
while they await their inevitable "exoneration" by powers that be.

No one else can do this with such impunity, so publicly 'in our face' ...

but for the rest of us, it's a death sentence.

if that's not a double standard then I don't know what is.

PumpkinAle

(1,210 posts)
8. Don't worry the cops will get off
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 08:06 PM
Jan 2015

but they will probably have to be put on leave with pay first, just think the humiliation they will have to endure.



We don't have peace officers anymore, hell we hardly have police officers what we do have are arrogant thugs with guns who are able to do whatever they damn well please and no there will be no repercussions.

TheKentuckian

(23,947 posts)
11. Get off? Done. Apparently the victims are being punished and the cop was deemed
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 08:46 PM
Jan 2015

to be within her rights as she was "performing an arrest", if I caught it all.

Looks like the thing to root for at this point is for a reversal on appeal for the kids she busted up so they don't get shuffled off to delinquent high in the exchange.

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
14. Yes, it's also consistent with the school to prison pipeline.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:07 PM
Jan 2015

The ACLU is committed to challenging the "school to prison pipeline," a disturbing national trend wherein children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Many of these children have learning disabilities or histories of poverty, abuse or neglect, and would benefit from additional educational and counseling services. Instead, they are isolated, punished and pushed out.

"Zero-tolerance" policies criminalize minor infractions of school rules, while cops in school lead to students being criminalized for behavior that should be handled inside the school. Students of color are especially vulnerable to push-out trends and the discriminatory application of discipline.

The ACLU believes that children should be educated, not incarcerated. We are working to challenge numerous policies and practices within public school systems and the juvenile justice system that contribute to the school to prison pipeline.


https://www.aclu.org/school-prison-pipeline
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